Used in a Sentence

institutional

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for institutional.

Editorial note

And you're correct the challenge is partly an institutional one -- recruiting and retaining design talent and manpower, and fashioning new ways of working together.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

A client that is an organization rather than an individual.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of institutional gathered in one view.

noun

A client that is an organization rather than an individual.

noun

A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.

noun

An institutionalized person.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for institutional.

noun

A community where the majority of inhabitants work at an institution (as opposed to industry or trade), or one such inhabitant.

Example sentences

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And you're correct the challenge is partly an institutional one -- recruiting and retaining design talent and manpower, and fashioning new ways of working together.

2

Well anyone can be discriminated against, though some argue only those with institutional power can be racist.

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This is probably a result of our previous lack of knowledge and slow-changing institutional cultures.

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To be middle class is to feel that the fundamental institutional structures of society are, or should be, on your side.

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Building these things serves national and institutional pride far more than any utilitarian interest.

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This reflects the investment goals of the institutional investors whose money they hold.

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Large, institutional defendants have occasionally (though rarely) adopted such policies in the past.

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And the institutional investors likely also have a sizeable commercial real estate portfolio, so it's just a bunch of money going around in circles.

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There's a gauntlet of institutional embarrassment that he'd have to run through.

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According to google finance 60% of twitter is owned by institutional investors.

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There is also a sampling bias issue where scientists in academia as a whole are getting older because the boomers still have a death grip on institutional positions, and academia as a whole is shrinking.

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I find the concept of really early stage ideas far more appealing than institutional investing.

Quote examples

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What would it take for you to accept that "institutional racism" is a thing, and that police departments are probably institutionally racist?

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I'd also love to figure out who "the market" is behind Twitter - institutional vs.

Proper noun examples

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Institutional investors give VC's money part of which their investees then put into real estate leases anyway.

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Institutional investors give VCs their money to put into high-risk, high-reward investments, not real estate leases.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use institutional in a sentence?

And you're correct the challenge is partly an institutional one -- recruiting and retaining design talent and manpower, and fashioning new ways of working together.

What does institutional mean?

A client that is an organization rather than an individual.

What part of speech is institutional?

institutional is commonly used as noun, adjective.