institution

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Such tendentious reasoning weakens what is otherwise a powerful record of an institution that was more dynamic and resilient than history suggests.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Earlier, it closed the Iranian Hospital—an institution nearly as old as the state—along with an Iranian social club and several Iranian schools, making it harder for families to stay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

"At PBS, we will continue to do what we've always done: serve our mission to educate and inspire all Americans as the nation's most trusted media institution."

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Banks like “new money” because that money has, in theory, not been previously deposited with that institution.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

That night Finny began to talk abstractedly about it, as though it were a venerable, entrenched institution of the Devon School.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles