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institute

[in-sti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtjut /




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Before running for governor, he founded Golden Together, a policy institute focused on researching issues like housing costs, homelessness and the state’s business climate.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

Jacobs-Wagner is also a member of Stanford Bio-X and an institute scholar at Sarafan ChEM-H.

From Science Daily Aug. 5, 2026

The institute forecast it would continue to fall to 1,500cm per second by Tuesday.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

Work on the site has continued steadily for the past 15 months, including truck traffic, tunnel reinforcements and a new security perimeter, according to Albright’s institute, which examines nuclear and nonproliferation issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

The institute had a certain cachet, but the village of Dwight was no Chicago.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

We also need a new category of healthcare professionals with graduate degrees obtained from accredited universities and institutes and whose training is centered on healthy longevity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Donnie's brain was one of about 2,000 that were taken for research by leading Berlin and Munich research institutes during World War Two, including those of children killed during the Holocaust.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

Purchases or purchase orders by government-linked buyers — local governments, state-backed industrial parks, public research institutes, state-owned companies and government-funded demonstration projects — have soared.

From MarketWatch May 27, 2026

The downgraded forecasts follow a similar move by leading economic institutes in early April, which are now forecasting just 0.6 percent growth this year.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

He runs the new neuroimaging lab at the University of California at San Francisco, one of the world’s leading scientific institutes.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The delays caused many to question why California, which has instituted a series of reforms in recent years designed to make voting easier and safer, lags behind other states in counting results.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

Since Xue instituted the official policy, and particularly since he made the notice more prominent at the top of the menu, the number of incidents “has fallen considerably to basically zero,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

The victory galvanized American forces, who instituted a naval blockade that resulted in a debilitating food shortage in Tripoli.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

Many tech giants have instituted layoffs as they decide they need fewer workers and more funding for AI.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

In retaliation, Mr. Carter instituted a lockout, closing the mine to everybody.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

The state government established what was called a “concurrency doctrine,” instituting strict requirements for infrastructure development—water, sewer, schooling—that had to be established before construction permits were granted.

From Slate Apr. 20, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said the manufacturing powerhouse, the world's eighth-largest consumer of crude oil, is moving towards instituting fuel price caps to alleviate pressure on the country's energy supply.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

Presidents Gerald Ford and his successor Jimmy Carter took up the mantle of reform, instituting new norms and rules designed to rein in an out-of-control presidency.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2026

The plan would entail measures such as moving to subsistence agriculture, using collective dining halls and instituting strict food rationing.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 6, 2026

Once it was gone, he was glad to be rid of it, for he had been troubled from the start by the danger of instituting the plan without first checking it out with Colonel Korn.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller




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