institution

Example Sentences

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Yet while the justices care not a fig for coddling the president, they do have a deep interest in the reputation of their own institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

But man’s life is limited and the institution is continuous, an inheritance accumulated across time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Banks like “new money” because that money has, in theory, not been previously deposited with that institution.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Over four days in Cameroon's capital Yaounde, trade ministers from around the world will try to revitalise an institution weakened by geopolitical strains, stalled negotiations and rising protectionism.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole is a paradigm, a human institution possessed of a life of its own, self-regenerating, touched all around by human meddle but constantly improved, embellished by it.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas