institutional

adjective

in·​sti·​tu·​tion·​al ˌin(t)-stə-ˈt(y)ü-sh(ə-)nəl How to pronounce institutional (audio)
1
: of or relating to an institution
institutional knowledge
2
: characteristic of or appropriate to institutions
bland institutional cooking
institutional green walls
institutionally adverb

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By focusing on short-term financial gains, these efforts risk trivializing any potential and distracting from its role in advancing financial freedoms and resisting institutional control. Susie Violet Ward, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025 In the ensuing decades, these institutional arrangements held firm and even grew. Roy Brownell, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2025 Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist 13D investments. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 18 Jan. 2025 At the Plantation Nursing and Rehabilitation Center on Northwest Fifth Street, frail men and women with wheelchairs, walkers, and hearing aids live out their last years in an institutional setting. Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 17 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for institutional 

Word History

First Known Use

1617, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of institutional was in 1617

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“Institutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/institutional. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.

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