structural

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Some of the reasons secretaries of state have made poor presidential candidates of late are structural.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

The new BNP government also outlined a 31-point plan for structural reforms.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

The data, instead, show a “crisis-driven liquidation by a handful of countries under severe currency pressure. It is not a structural shift away from gold reserves.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Analyst Takayuki Hara also cites the Japanese company’s structural growth in Japan’s rent-guarantee market, a tailwind from rent inflation, and attractive P/E and dividend yield relative to peers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

It is as fundamental a structural change to the way music sounded as was the contemporaneous decision to start using timber frames and bricks in the building of houses.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall