institution
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Within minutes, Milestone School and College, a private institution buzzing with student activity, was transformed into a scene of chaos and raging flames.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
One thing about which the justices do not disagree, though, is that their institution alone holds the power to make these decisions in the first place.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Different examiners, same mechanism: Use a regulator’s discretion to make disfavored activity expensive enough that the private institution does the discriminating for you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
In January, Banco Santander, Spain’s largest financial institution, moved to pull back the shroud of mystery that had enveloped the marquee collection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
“Please, ma’am, could I inquire if this highly instructive and charming institution is a new one?”
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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“The mere prospect there could be a call is enough to chill agency heads,” Graham Steele, a former Treasury assistant secretary for financial institutions, told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2026
Following Xi’s speech, state-owned financial institutions pledged to hold long-term stakes in listed AI companies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
These efforts were to be aimed at historically black colleges or universities, tribal higher educational institutions and “minority-serving institutions.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
The project depended on shared technology and expertise from three institutions.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
Requests from PIH staff to be paid for working extra hours “because other institutions did it” were rebutted by Farmer.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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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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