institution
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"I've been in a family, in a system, in an institution that's kept my voice silent," he said.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
The action forces Caltech to compete for control of the La Cañada Flintridge institution it has managed since NASA’s inception in 1958.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
In Great Barrington, browse home goods at One Mercantile and Barrington Outfitters before dinner at Prairie Whale or the Old Inn on the Green, a candlelit Berkshires institution inside an 18th-century inn.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
The institution was founded by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1800 to promote economic recovery after the French Revolution.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
There is no way of predicting what the future will be like for an institution such as the MBL.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Vocabulary lists containing institution
Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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