Definition of infrastructurenext
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the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form a bold plan to deal a crippling blow to the infrastructure of international terrorism

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Recent Examples of infrastructure The agreement bucks the utility’s typical process of building, operating and sometimes improving power plants and other infrastructure, such as transmission lines, and then collecting that money from customers in their monthly electricity bills. — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Through infrastructure developments, sustainable tourism regulation, and native stewardship, Greenland plans to double its visitor numbers by 2035—without overwhelming its people and natural resources. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 The Fifth National Climate Assessment, published in November 2023, documents risks to health, infrastructure and agricultural productivity. — Akshaya Jha, The Conversation, 22 Sep. 2026 Four distinct types of infrastructure participated in one commercial event. — Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for infrastructure
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  • Finally, the structure crumbled in a roar of broken concrete and a cloud of dust.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • For this development, the team worked with two-dimensional hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites, arranging alternating organic and inorganic layers into precise crystalline structures.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • That architecture could eventually enable networks in which sensors monitor biological conditions continuously and automatically activate treatments when needed.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
  • In the early 1960s, California real estate developer Joseph Eichler took his passion for modernist architecture to San Francisco, working with the architect Claude Oakland to design 104 single-family homes in the city’s Diamond Heights neighborhood.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
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  • Yet China itself has developed AI safety frameworks addressing autonomous agents and the risk of AI escaping human control.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Coach Saban focused his testimony on the importance of establishing a consistent national framework to end the current era of differing waivers and local rulings that has created uncertainty throughout college athletics.
    — The Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructure. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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