as in structure
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
This dramatically reduces energy consumption, enabling high‑speed electric travel without the massive battery packs or oversized charging infrastructure that conventional electric ferries require.
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Stefan Ionescu
february 04, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Clark designed and implemented much of the logistics infrastructure that today enables the kind of fast, reliable delivery that many people take for granted.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The Statesman analysis also found that about 18% of the city workers who earned more from overtime than their base pay work at Austin Energy, the city department that maintains electrical infrastructure.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
In the past five years, the company has invested $13.5 billion in infrastructure and research and development.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Stefan Ionescu
february 04, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2026
Clark designed and implemented much of the logistics infrastructure that today enables the kind of fast, reliable delivery that many people take for granted.
—Pilar Melendez, NBC news, 4 Feb. 2026
The Statesman analysis also found that about 18% of the city workers who earned more from overtime than their base pay work at Austin Energy, the city department that maintains electrical infrastructure.
—Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 4 Feb. 2026
In the past five years, the company has invested $13.5 billion in infrastructure and research and development.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructure
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On May 17, a bomb rocked Palm Springs, California – shaking structures for several blocks, shattering glass and leveling one innocuous-looking building.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The program’s structure has enabled some companies to quickly capture a large portion of funding, over 1,000 vouchers in some cases, without having the inventory or production capacity to deliver those vehicles in a timely fashion.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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Published in eScience, the research’s core innovation lies in the rational integration of photoactivity and electrocatalysis within a single air-electrode architecture.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the Sonnenalp, all of the buildings in Vail Village were designed with European alpine architecture in mind, so walking around feels a bit like strolling through a wintry Bavarian fairytale.—
Sarah Kuta,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Feb. 2026
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The framework said that more negotiations will be needed to formalize the agreement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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Connecticut should continue to fortify its legal framework so that care decisions remain between patients, families, and medical professionals — not politicians or out-of-state actors — and so that the right to bodily autonomy is grounded as securely as possible in state law.—
Matthew Blinstrubas,
Hartford Courant,
7 Feb. 2026
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructure. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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