institution
Example Sentences
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He says the current narrative shows that anyone or any institution who criticises fundamentalists can be "dehumanised by labelling them pro-India, and attacks on them can be justified".
From BBC
Leon Battista Alberti wrote a book on the institution of the family—rendered bittersweet by his own illegitimate identity; Mr. Luzzi quotes Alberti liberally.
Colleges and universities, however, argued that withholding transcripts was one of the few ways they had to prevent students from bouncing among institutions and leaving unpaid bills in their wake.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet hackers linked to its biggest adversary, Iran, have managed to pull off a series of successful breaches by using known vulnerabilities to attack institutions that aren’t as well-defended as the country’s critical infrastructure.
The country still runs a sizable current-account surplus—roughly $500-700 billion—but instead of accumulating in official reserves, those savings are being deployed abroad by firms, households, and financial institutions.
From Barron's
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