institution
Example Sentences
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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
Yet while the justices care not a fig for coddling the president, they do have a deep interest in the reputation of their own institution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The receiving bank will usually treat it as “new money” because it’s coming from another financial institution.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
The risk that actually keeps him up at night, he said, is a cyberattack on a large financial institution, something the Fed has never faced and cannot fully model in advance.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 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
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