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institutionally

American  
[in-sti-too-shuhn-uh-lee, in-sti-tyoo-shuhn-uh-lee] / ˌɪn stɪˈtu ʃən ə li, ˌɪn stɪˈtyu ʃən ə li /

adverb

  1. in a way that relates to, involves, or is characteristic of institutions.


Example Sentences

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As Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney argued in his recent Davos speech, the world is moving toward a system where middle powers must actively choose how they anchor themselves — strategically, financially and institutionally.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

We’ve made a decision institutionally that we’re not going to give airtime to things that we really just have no idea if they are true or not, especially when they’re of this lurid nature.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2026

In 2021 Blue Whale closed after the year in the dark we’d all had, leaving jazz in the city barren and institutionally driven.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2026

“Private credit was a really underallocated asset class institutionally for forever.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026

The historical anthropologist Gerald Sider once wrote, “We can have no significant understanding of any culture unless we also know the silences that were institutionally created and guaranteed along with it.”

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander