institutionalize
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However, the tolling system would institutionalize rather than solve the friction.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 7, 2026
“Too many approaches to peace-building foster perpetual dependency, and institutionalize crisis rather than leading people beyond it,” the charter’s preamble says, calling for “a coalition of willing States committed to practical cooperation and effective action.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
The units are capable of treating and assessing voluntary and involuntary mental health patients, including writing so-called 5150 holds to temporarily institutionalize people at risk to themselves or others.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024
"The task is to solidify and institutionalize it," Feldman said.
From Reuters ● Oct. 30, 2023
Fourth, Rapid Dominance aims to achieve new levels of operational competence that can virtually institutionalize */"brilliance."
From Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance by Wade, James P.
In a nutshell, the federal complaint is that our state institutionalizes too many children, sometimes out of state and far from their families.
From Washington Times ● May 22, 2019
He is famous for his scathing critiques against the art world, particularly against art education, which he believes institutionalizes mediocrity through its systematic rejection of good ideas.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2013
It’s played for laughs, but the way the medical establishment institutionalizes her so quickly carries a harsh edge.
From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2010
Indexing, which automatically raises wages and pensions along with the price index, is not a cure but a disease that institutionalizes inflation, added Okun.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Man's genius for organization institutionalizes every aspect of thought and activity he takes under his control.
From The Family and it's Members by Spencer, Anna Garlin
“Resurrectionists” – body snatchers – exhumed the recently buried, disproportionately targeting the poor, the institutionalized and those without family protection or the financial means to guard graves.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Without such unpaid family support, older adults would go without care or end up in institutionalized care, which would further burden the healthcare system and public programs like Medicaid.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Still, Alary said, even when he was institutionalized and forced to be without his phone, he was itching to get back to Aimee as soon as he was let out.
From Slate ● Feb. 2, 2026
She is also briefly institutionalized, and has biblical visions during this time that further her evolution as a sacred leader.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
Whatever institutionalized strength was locked in this plural was about to fly apart, or had already done so, but for now it could not be acknowledged, and bravery was demanded of even the youngest.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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“The only question to my mind is what sort of deal Iran can work out in terms of monetizing and institutionalizing its control of the strait.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
Analysts suggest China’s move is noteworthy, institutionalizing its export control system.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2025
The Supreme Court has ruled that institutionalizing people with disabilities who could live in the community is discriminatory if a community placement “can be reasonably accommodated.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024
“They’re still out there institutionalizing children with little to no oversight or regulation.”
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
The bantustan system had been conceived by Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, the minister of native affairs, as a way of muting international criticism of South African racial policies but at the same time institutionalizing apartheid.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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