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institutionalize

[in-sti-too-shuh-nl-ahyz, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nlˌaɪz, -ˈtju- /
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standardize
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However, the tolling system would institutionalize rather than solve the friction.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026

Are there any models that you have in mind for what steps governments should take to actually help communities and not only improve their material conditions, but institutionalize their say in the policy process?

From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026

“Too many approaches to peace-building foster perpetual dependency, and institutionalize crisis rather than leading people beyond it,” the charter’s preamble says, calling for “a coalition of willing States committed to practical cooperation and effective action.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026

Voladores also grapple with how much they should seek to commercialize and institutionalize their culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2023

These hospitals are no longer mentioned after the dissolution of the London Company, nor were any other comparable measures taken during the century to institutionalize care for the sick.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Thomas Proctor Hughes

In a nutshell, the federal complaint is that our state institutionalizes too many children, sometimes out of state and far from their families.

From Washington Times ● May 22, 2019

He is famous for his scathing critiques against the art world, particularly against art education, which he believes institutionalizes mediocrity through its systematic rejection of good ideas.

From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2013

It’s played for laughs, but the way the medical establishment institutionalizes her so quickly carries a harsh edge.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010

Indexing, which automatically raises wages and pensions along with the price index, is not a cure but a disease that institutionalizes inflation, added Okun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Man's genius for organization institutionalizes every aspect of thought and activity he takes under his control.

From The Family and it's Members by Anna Garlin Spencer

But the siblings worried about Walker’s mental health, and agreed he needed to be institutionalized.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Those are surely factors, but what we are witnessing is a legal show trial, acting out institutionalized vengeance toward a mother who was severely and obviously mentally ill, something on which both sides agree.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026

Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026

Soon after Elsie’s death, a new warden took over at Crownsville and began releasing hundreds of patients who’d been institutionalized unnecessarily.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Magnetar was really me taking the uncertainty side of what I learned at Citadel and institutionalizing it.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

These approaches risk institutionalizing the wrong labor-market model precisely when flexibility and organizational adaptation matter most.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026

Analysts suggest China’s move is noteworthy, institutionalizing its export control system.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that institutionalizing people with disabilities who could live in the community is discriminatory if a community placement “can be reasonably accommodated.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024

The bantustan system had been conceived by Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, the minister of native affairs, as a way of muting international criticism of South African racial policies but at the same time institutionalizing apartheid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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