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Six example sentences with institution, each labelled with its topic.
The institution opened in 1871 with nine students, a borrowed hall, and a charter promising free tuition to orphans.
History
Every deposit is insured because the institution holds a federal charter, which the teller explains to nervous customers each morning.
Finance
The research institution runs six laboratories and a teaching hospital under one board, funded entirely by a single endowment.
Medicine
The court is the one institution that most voters still trust, according to the survey published this week.
Politics
Parliament as an institution predates every law it has passed, and its rules of debate are older than the constitution.
Law
The museum is the oldest institution in the city, founded by merchants before the town had a proper hall.
Art
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Found in 7 published word lists
- Academic Keyword List (Paquot 2010)Authoritative
- Academic Word List (Coxhead 2000)Authoritative
- Business English Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- New General Service List (Browne et al. 2013)Authoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- 5000 GRE Words (widely used study list)Recognized
- GRE Word List 4700 (widely used study list)Recognized
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