How to Use institution in a Sentence

institution

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  • She's not interested in the institution of marriage.
  • The play has become something of an institution on Broadway.
  • Family visits are a Thanksgiving institution.
  • Texas Tech seems to be an institution that doesn't get it at all.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Here’s a sign of how just long The Beach Boys have been a cultural institution.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 11 Apr. 2023
  • For all of its panache, the Kirkland remains a small institution.
    — Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
  • The King’s Singers are an institution in the world of classical music.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The institutions have produced some of the best and brightest Black thinkers who have shaped society.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The path to the Olympics The Olympics, in its modern form, is a 128-year-old institution with events like track and field forming a quintessential part of it.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 4 Aug. 2024
  • The program is seen as a way to help clients stay in their home and avoid the higher costs of hospitals and other institutions.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Cool off from your beach day at Angel’s Ice Cream, a local institution for sweet treats over 20 years.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The figure makes the Howard County parish one of a handful of Catholic institutions home to a large number of staff who abused minors over an 80-year span.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But after the Court’s ruling, schools weren’t the only private institutions that found themselves in the crosshairs of DEI’s critics.
    — Noah Rothman, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Thus unspools a road to education that takes her around the world and into some of the most storied institutions on the planet.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 29 June 2024
  • The victims include three young students of the private, Christian institution and three adults who worked there.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • A lot of institutions need to be held accountable for this period of time.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
  • The decision to not support an institution with roots in the city extending back to 1856 is not without angst, Stephens says.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The league, called Liga F, was one of the first soccer institutions to criticize Rubiales’ conduct.
    — Joseph Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Over half of all incidents at these institutions were bomb threats.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2024
  • While the rules may vary depending on the institution, there are basic guidelines.
    — Jazmin Towe, Parents, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Founded in 1982, Buc-ee’s has become an institution for those taking road trips throughout the South.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 15 June 2023
  • The institution was supposed to teach them the real estate business.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
  • The service took place near the water at The Rady Shell, which is in a park named after the family and within miles of other institutions bearing the Jacobs name.
    — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2024
  • Also, a person or an institution can look ridiculous in trying to be cool.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Major college football coaching is one of the least diverse institutions in all of sports.
    — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Of course, not all institutions have the resources to employ thousands of students themselves.
    — Byjane Swift, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Now the age-old institution is eyeing a major revamp to cope with dwindling demand.
    — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That politicization chips away at public trust in the institution.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Furthermore, the global rules of the game have changed since 2017, when existing U.S. initiatives, coalitions, and institutions still had a lot of juice.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
  • As the country grapples with polarization and declining trust in institutions, this could help restore faith in politics.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024

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