institution

Example Sentences

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

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

The software company secured new contracts with a Japanese institution and an Austrian bank, forecasting 2027 revenue of $639 million to $643 million.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The receiving bank will usually treat it as “new money” because it’s coming from another financial institution.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

During the following 337 years before the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in 1863, an institution of enormous brutality was fashioned, its cumbersome legal underpinnings growing over the centuries.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson