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institution

[in-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtju- /


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I hope Kate Koval finds a better institution for her basketball talent and studies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

The country's largest and most influential traditional institution, the Buganda Kingdom, said it mourned with the people of Tooro following the death of their monarch, labelling him a valuable figure to Uganda.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

Brodeur, the new president and chief executive, vowed to save Miss USA, the nearly 75-year-old institution once partly owned by President Trump.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

It verifies the signer’s identity and legal authority to complete the transaction, and — this is the key part — makes the issuing financial institution financially liable if the signature proves to be fraudulent.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Her adoptive father was schizophrenic and for a time lived at Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry, a sprawling mental institution that was later closed by court order because it inhumanely “warehoused” its patients.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The team includes two Nobel Laureates and scientists from institutions around the world.

From Science Daily Aug. 29, 2026

Seth Guikema, a climate resiliency researcher at the University of Michigan and one of the 48 US researchers relocating to Canada, said he decided to approach Canadian institutions last year in search of opportunities.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

He was approached by financial institutions that offered money to help RevMed reach global markets, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

They divide Bosnia into two entities, the Serb Republika Srpska and the Muslim Croat Federation of Bosnia, each enjoying a large degree of autonomy and united by weak central institutions.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

What looks like a brute fact—the distance a body falls in a certain period of time—turns out to be in part dependent on language and institutions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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