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institute

[in-sti-toot, -tyoot] / ˈɪn stɪˌtut, -ˌtjut /




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The BlackRock Investment Institute has adjusted its positioning on U.S. equities a “handful of times” in recent years, mostly between overweight and neutral, a spokesman for the institute said in emailed comments.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Efforts to institute regulations at an international level are often doomed to fail, typically because of geopolitical and economic competition.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Microsoft president Brad Smith recently told the BBC the institute had helped cement the UK as the country best-placed to drive forward global regulation.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

And there had been "no new cases of staff from the anti-plague institute seeking medical attention" since the death, he added.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

A sixty-six-year-old Franco-Belgian named Haroun Tazieff who had once been the director of France’s global physics institute showed up in early April with no warning.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone

This week, leading economic institutes raised the country's growth forecasts for 2026 and 2027 above 1% while illegal entries into Germany – and Europe – are down year on year.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

The logistics company says it expects roughly $25 million in incremental driver-related costs this quarter, as it ramps up hiring, implements sign-on bonuses and institutes pay raises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026

The company told me that it’s “pleased with the analysis” and added, “we regularly provide data to credible and verified third-party research firms and institutes to ensure accuracy and factual representation in any public reporting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Several economic institutes upgraded their 2026 growth forecasts this week, predicting the economy would expand by 1.3 to 1.4 percent, substantially higher than just a few months ago.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

In this, somewhat unexpectedly, he was opposed by T. H. Huxley, who believed that museums should be primarily research institutes.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

When spending cuts were instituted in summer of 2025—as business was still booming—executives in other parts of the business blamed the private-wealth division.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Both Florida and Alabama instituted mandatory evacuations due to the storm.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

City officials say they’ve already instituted hiring freezes, cut overtime spending and deferred capital projects, among other steps, to try to pre-emptively control costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

But recently, they instituted a “cold call rule” allowing them to call each other anytime, day or night, without texting first.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

I am proud to say that one year after my visit, President Seraphina Picquery instituted a Protective Order on Thunderbirds, an edict she would eventually extend to all magical creatures.

From "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" by J.K. Rowling

The state government established what was called a “concurrency doctrine,” instituting strict requirements for infrastructure development—water, sewer, schooling—that had to be established before construction permits were granted.

From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026

That demand-destruction scenario is already now playing out in several Asian countries, which have moved to curb crude consumption by instituting four-day workweeks, early office closures and other power-saving measures.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has said the manufacturing powerhouse, the world's eighth-largest consumer of crude oil, is moving towards instituting fuel price caps to alleviate pressure on the country's energy supply.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

Figure skating officials slammed the door on future 15-year-old prodigies, instituting a minimum age requirement of 17 for senior competition.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 2026

Once it was gone, he was glad to be rid of it, for he had been troubled from the start by the danger of instituting the plan without first checking it out with Colonel Korn.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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