institutional
adjective
in·sti·tu·tion·al
ˌin(t)-stə-ˈt(y)ü-sh(ə-)nəl 
1
: of or relating to an institution
institutional knowledge
2
: characteristic of or appropriate to institutions
bland institutional cooking
institutional green walls
institutionally
adverb
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That scene takes a moralistic, anticlimactic turn — as does the movie itself, which goes to a lot of trouble to diagnose an institutional problem only to propose an individual solution.
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Traditionally, family offices have long been seen as the pinnacle of private investment sophistication—highly sophisticated institutional level investors, dedicated to single or small groups of ultra-high-net-worth families to manage their fortunes across generations.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist 13D investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party.
—Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Traditionally, family offices have long been seen as the pinnacle of private investment sophistication—highly sophisticated institutional level investors, dedicated to single or small groups of ultra-high-net-worth families to manage their fortunes across generations.
—Francois Botha, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2025
Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist 13D investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2025
Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party.
—Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Institutional.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/institutional. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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