institutional

adjective in·sti·tu·tion·al \ ˌin(t)-stə-ˈt(y)ü-shnəl , -shə-nᵊl \

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

Definition of institutional

1 : of or relating to an institution

institutional knowledge

2 : characteristic of or appropriate to institutions

bland institutional cooking

institutional green walls

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institutionally

adverb

Recent Examples of institutional from the Web

Bridgewater Associates LP, the world’s largest hedge-fund firm, has won approval to sell investment products to institutional and high-net-worth investors in China.

— stella yifan xie, WSJ, "Bridgewater Wins License to Sell Investment Products in China," 4 July 2018
And 2018 is a time when Americans’ deference to institutional leaders of any stripe is already thin.

— daniel blue tyx, Washington Post, "U.S. Catholic bishops to minister to children in border detention centers," 2 July 2018
Coinbase, which declined to comment, also caters to institutional and sophisticated investors, a demographic that is unlikely to be represented among Chime customers, many of whom are attracted by free debit cards and paycheck advance offerings.

— jen wieczner, Fortune, "Some Cryptocurrency Investors Are Giving Up on Bitcoin—and Cashing Out of Coinbase," 29 June 2018
The company serves approximately 5,000 residential, commercial and institutional customers within the Bel Air town limits and in some areas of Forest Hill and Fallston.

— allan vought, The Aegis, "Concerned over reaction to water rate increase request, Bel Air officials take proactive approach," 3 July 2018
That is the institutional memory of my family and multigenerational New York families.

— bridget read, Vogue, "28-Year-Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Might Just Be the Future of the Democratic Party," 25 June 2018
Trump is unique in American politics in having no real institutional, ideological or partisan loyalty.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "Trump Won’t Hesitate to Tear It All Down," 28 May 2018
My Andover career coincided with the last, faint flickerings of the 1960s counterculture, filtered through a prism of social and institutional privilege.

— richard mcgill murphy, Town & Country, "How John Palfrey Is Bringing America's Most Elite Boarding School Into the Digital Age," 7 July 2015
Photo: Keith Bedford for The Wall Street Journal Private-equity firms typically buy companies using money invested by their founders, institutional investors such as pension funds, and others, amplifying their bets with borrowed money.

— laura cooper, WSJ, "Billionaire’s Secret Buyout Formula: 110 Instructions and an Intelligence Test," 9 July 2018

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