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These approaches risk institutionalizing the wrong labor-market model precisely when flexibility and organizational adaptation matter most.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Analysts suggest China’s move is noteworthy, institutionalizing its export control system.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

The Supreme Court has ruled that institutionalizing people with disabilities who could live in the community is discriminatory if a community placement “can be reasonably accommodated.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 27, 2024

“They’re still out there institutionalizing children with little to no oversight or regulation.”

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2024

The bantustan system had been conceived by Dr. H. F. Verwoerd, the minister of native affairs, as a way of muting international criticism of South African racial policies but at the same time institutionalizing apartheid.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela