institutionally
Americanadverb
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
“Anduril is less prepared institutionally to do this, so they are finding their way around,” said Jonathan Wong, a senior policy researcher at Rand, referring to the fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025
In England the fact not only became linguistically commonplace; it also became institutionally entrenched, for the Royal Society’s official aim was to establish new facts.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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