institution
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But there is significant and respected scholarship that goes much further and holds that the Constitution is a pro-slavery, and pro-Southern, document which protected that vile institution.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
And people shouldn’t bash him for highlighting a California culinary institution that’s one of the better legacy fast food chains out there, even though the Barstow Taco is, well, whatever.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Mourinho's great blind spot has always been the assumption that his personality - his aura, his force of will - is sufficient to override the values an institution has built over decades.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“There were people who saw the beauty way before anyone else,” said Stephen Sawitz, owner of Joe’s Stone Crab, a South Beach institution, “and Michele Pommier was one of those.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“And so you shall, like an angel as you are!” cried Laurie, resolving, with a glow of philanthropic zeal, to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young women with artistic tendencies.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary lists containing institution
Excerpts from "To Kill a Mockingbird"
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"Democracy in America, Vol. 1" by Alexis de Tocqueville, Introduction–Chapter 5
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Lincoln Inaugural Address (March 1861)
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