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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One was a conversation with Prof. Robert P. George at an event sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026

It would also clear officers to make mental health holds under California’s Welfare and Institutions Code, both on the campus and across the region.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2026

Institutions, the firm said, will not be skipping the first of the so-called megacap IPOs.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Institutions, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals are all getting in on the action.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Cassiodorus, writing in the 6th century in southern Italy for the guidance of trainee scribes, included punctuation in his Institutions Divinarum et Saecularium Litterarum, recommending “clear pausing in well-regulated delivery”.

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