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institution

[in-sti-too-shuhn, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃən, -ˈtyu- /


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Your child will have to call the institution that holds the account to retitle everything under their own name, at which point the proverbial training wheels come off.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

Staying carries its own risks for the institution Powell is trying to defend.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Indeed, as local media declined in the 21st century, the federal government was often the only institution proactively monitoring possible changes like these.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

Italian bank UniCredit wrote in a note that it did not "see the urgency" for the Frankfurt-based institution to act, particularly as inflation was around the ECB's target before the conflict.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

He recited the line from memory: “‘The Lomas Financial Corporation is a perfectly hedged financial institution: it loses money in every conceivable interest rate environment.’

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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