institutions

NOUN

organization, usually educational

Synonyms

WEAK

academy association asylum business clinic college company conservatory establishment fixture foundation guild hospital orphanage school seminar seminary society system think tank university

NOUN

organization

Synonyms

STRONGEST

academy association business clinic company establishment foundation hospital institute school society system university

STRONG

asylum college conservatory fixture guild orphanage seminar seminary

Example Sentences

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“Simply stated, to keep these important educational institutions afloat, almost all zoos across the United States have turned to public-private partnerships,” the civil grand jury wrote in its 2025-2026 report.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

Commerzbank has said it has no evidence of its own institutional investors accepting the offer, meaning it appears to be coming almost exclusively from banks and financial institutions connected to UniCredit.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

"What they really need is institutions and health care systems and childcare, which they deemed insufficient," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026

Several institutions ordered billions of dollars worth of shares.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

And it matters very little what one does or foresees, since if one does not separate or scatter the inhabitants, they will not forget that name or those institutions.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli