institution

noun

ˌin(t)-stə-ˈtü-shən How to pronounce institution (audio)
Definition of institutionnext
1
as in institute
a public organization with a particular purpose or function a charitable institution devoted to raising funds to feed the hungry

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2
as in fixture
a person who has long been associated with a place or activity an actor who has been a Broadway institution for decades

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3
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest an institution devoted to studying social problems and proposing solutions for them

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Recent Examples of institution Yet the church also expects that both the institution and the athletic department remain debt-free. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026 Voting carries an almost existential significance for Indians whose equal citizenship has not been fully recognized by the institutions of the state. — Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026 Mizrahi Jews often identify with the right and especially Likud, having faced discrimination by the European-descended elites that traditionally dominate Israeli government, military and business institutions. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026 At Georgetown, Atchity majored in Classics and English, served as editor-in-chief of the student-run newspaper The Hoya and spent his junior summer at Cambridge University in England, studying literature and social institutions. — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for institution
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  1. institute
  2. fixture
  3. organization
  4. group
  5. society
  6. foundation
  7. association
  8. establishment
Noun
  • Monica Church was the institute’s executive director from 2022 to 2024, and Achilles remains a board member.
    — Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The state’s release does not set placement or wage targets for the new institute.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
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  • The fixtures were made from the very boxes that the costumes came in, simple merchandise boxes wrapped in black plastic, and the checkout counter was made of two-by-fours and cement blocks.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Here, tepee-style wooden drying racks known as hjeller are as much a visual fixture as Lofoten’s mountains; their distinctive frames have dotted the terrain for more than a thousand years.
    — Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026
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  • The organization built a political presence in Texas with lobbying and legislative testimony as the state pushed back on transgender ideology in recent years.
    — Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Databricks helps organizations collect, process, and analyze large amounts of data and has been used by companies, such as Al-Futtaim Group, to help optimize its supply chain and develop a customer loyalty program.
    — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
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  • The case originates from a change in admissions policy that began a decade ago, when a consulting group was hired to evaluate how the school system chose students for its middle school magnet programs.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The money will go to conservation groups and local partners working on species the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies as endangered, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of group
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  • Fittingly, Gentling the Horse’s overriding theme is a fascination with the oddballs who scrape by on the fringes of capitalist society.
    — Zach Schonfeld, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In a society divided by nationality, religion, ethnicity and ideology, that produces a crowded field.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of society
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  • The two nearly complete skeletons that serve as the foundation for the new research date to the Late Triassic period nearly 237 million years ago.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Felucca is the foundation for many other community firmware projects, transforming the FM-1 into a true multi-engine synth.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of foundation
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  • The association remained after accounting for whether patients completed radiation on time, suggesting that on-time completion may not fully explain the difference.
    — Marci Lee Nilsen, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Mike Elliott, senior director of Banner Sports Medicine High Performance Center, told Banner Health that most of the available research is observational and shows association rather than direct cause.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of association
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  • Making peace between the GOP’s pro-Israel establishment and its restive right wing will pose an early challenge for Vice President JD Vance, who’s positioning himself for a posible 2028 run.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The fear increasingly voiced across Israel’s political and cultural establishment is that another Netanyahu victory could push those divisions toward a societal rupture.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026
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