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institutional

[in-sti-too-shuh-nl, -tyoo-] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃə nl, -ˈtyu- /


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This combination — mass reach without institutional control — makes him both valuable and unnerving for the Democratic Party establishment.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

“I favored retail allocations over institutional allocations, which is almost never done.”

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

On paper, they overlap on a lot—especially on affordability, a centerpiece of his campaign—but McMorrow is more legible to party leadership: governing experience, institutional familiarity, stronger fundraising.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

More than 80% of demand came from institutional investors, rather than individuals, some of the people said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Writing was never developed or even adopted by hunter-gatherer societies, because they lacked both the institutional uses of early writing and the social and agricultural mechanisms for generating the food surpluses required to feed scribes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond



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