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institution

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


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The Federal Correctional Institution Terminal Island is closing due to crumbling underground tunnels and other infrastructure problems, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

Another adviser is Daniel Heil, a policy fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution who was an economic policy adviser to Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

David Wessel, a former economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, is a senior fellow and director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal & Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

"Mr. Warsh insists that he will defend the Fed's independence in monetary policy," said David Wessel, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Two sixty-inch giants were on their way, one under construction by Merle Tuve at the Carnegie Institution; another by Mark Oliphant at England’s University of Birmingham.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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