How to Use institutional in a Sentence

institutional

adjective
Definition of institutionalnext
  • After a while, part-time became full-time, and the institutional knowledge about the carousel had been passed down to him.
    — WSJ, 14 June 2023
  • Any claim about what should be taught had to be seen in light of the academy’s institutional role.
    — Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
  • The institutional shock of Russia’s lack of success, in turn, slowed its ability to learn and adapt.
    — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Supreme Court is the sole institutional check on a government’s power.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • At the end of the day, one of the best things about being with a firm that’s been around for 35 years — for both the clients and the employees — is the deep institutional wisdom that resides within its walls.
    — Todd Longwell, Variety, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Then more institutional knowledge that can't be replaced overnight walked out the door.
    — CBS News, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Then more institutional knowledge that can’t be replaced overnight walked out the door.
    — Barbara Ortutay, ajc, 9 Feb. 2023
  • That institutional knowledge will come in handy against a Bulldogs team that’s still one of the best in the country despite losing five first-round NFL draft picks.
    — Baltimore Sun, 2 Sep. 2022
  • This is leaving many institutional investors, who have raised money over the past few years, on the sidelines.
    — Matias Recchia, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Nursing homes are seen as overly institutional and cater to the most disabled.
    — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
  • As for the police, the official dismissed the notion of institutional bias.
    — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 2 July 2023
  • What is the process of promoting something like this that doesn’t have that institutional backing?
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
  • This means there will be no interest in the stock from large institutional investors who would be unable to get in and out without moving the price like crazy.
    — John Navin, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • For him, the way to counter this regression is through a strong commitment to institutional reforms.
    — Time, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The vote to depose the House Speaker was a long time coming, and both parties have played a role in putting partisanship above institutional norms.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 10 Oct. 2023
  • The men are confined up to 148 hours each week in narrow concrete cells, 4 feet wide, layers of drab-colored institutional paint chipping off the walls.
    — Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The vote of institutional investors, whose shares carry one vote each, went 70% against Freda.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Subjects such as the ‘68 Olympics have already received a good deal of institutional attention in the United States.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • The outsiders didn’t have the institutional knowledge of career agents.
    — Thomas J. Baker, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
  • As is often the case with stocks, Genius’ strength isn’t just from headline news like its X deal, but from the inside baseball of institutional buying.
    — Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • That came ahead of a commercial release for The Blue Angels in Imax institutional theaters set for 2025.
    — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 July 2024
  • Yet even up against institutional strife and inter-staff sniping, Sam will survive against all odds.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The legacy media sector is one that a lot of institutional investors have largely stayed away from.
    — Andy Mills, Quartz, 8 May 2024
  • The mayor will have gobs of money and institutional resources, and his opponents won’t.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Even in the rare case of a formal institutional process clearing the accused, as with Díaz, no amount of exoneration suffices for the staunch-minded.
    — Laura Kipnis, The New Republic, 5 May 2023
  • The rezone changes two parcels on the site to institutional zoning, allowing the private school to operate.
    — Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The same cannot be said of recent viewers, more and more of whom read the playing-off of those who win lesser-seeming awards earlier in the evening as acts of institutional disrespect.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Patrick worries that many of these officials and their institutional knowledge will leave the field - when they’re needed more than ever.
    — Amber Phillips, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • During the process, an institutional parole officer will interview the offender to prepare a case summary for the board.
    — Olivia Garrett, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While Egyptology originally stemmed from local excavations, its modern framework—shaped by institutional funding and scholarly influence—was largely developed by Western powers, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries.
    — Costa Beavin Pappas, ARTnews.com, 3 Jan. 2025

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