instal
Americanverb (used with object)
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While the problem is particularly pronounced in the countryside, where carriers have few financial incentives to instal new transmission stations, even in the cities businesses aren’t seeing the cellphone coverage they want.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Rather than have individual women toll takers fend for themselves, simply instal cameras and a sign saying you are being watched and recorded by Port Authority Security.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2016
This led me to instal a studio with all kinds of sound toys in my second home in Santa Fe, which is like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2016
Ireson said the number of people who chose to instal DAB when it was offered as an option was in the single figures, in percentage terms.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
Monceux, knowing that Montfichet would require an explanation of the refusal to instal Robin in his father's place, had set himself out to be beforehand with the Squire.
From Robin Hood by N. C. (Newell Convers) Wyeth
Both instances were recorded on recently installed remote cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has outlined plans to triple Turkey's installed solar and wind capacity from around 40 gigawatts to 120 gigawatts by 2035.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
The membrane could instead be installed as a modular filtration system that processes crude oil before it enters conventional distillation equipment.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026
Anastasiia Romanytska, a 29-year-old ballerina living in Kyiv, said she does not have the alert app installed but friends forwarded her the warnings.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
“I guess they didn’t hear anything. There’s evidently no bug installed here, monitoring everything...as there should be.”
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Caltrans conducted local road improvements on the project’s detour routes, including the resurfacing and striping of roads and intersections, installing traffic cameras, and placing temporary traffic signals.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The priest is installing a big screen inside the church in Rome to allow parishioners to follow all the key moments of the trip from afar.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
AWS is installing an AI accelerator, or AI chip, “about every 14 seconds,” Jassy said on the earnings call.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
In 2014, Freund’s team proposed installing large waterslides.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He revolutionized Pimlico, installing a public-address system and a modern starting gate and leveling out the large hill in the infield that had given the track its nickname—“Old Hilltop”—but obstructed the view of the races.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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