institutionalize
verb (used with object)
to make institutional.
was institutionalizing
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past progressiveof institutionalize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But sorting mail in the early hours of the morning, he worried the job was institutionalizing him.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016
