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as in companies
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
new business establishments sprang up all over in the postwar boom
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as in institutions
a public organization with a particular purpose or function
the proposed change in pollution standards was opposed by environmental establishments across the board
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as in facilities
a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose
the city boasts a host of outstanding medical establishments
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Recent Examples of establishments
Into this warm void has come the French far right, seeing an issue that exposes the hypocrisy of the country’s politics and media establishments, whose denizens enjoy AC in their offices and television studios.
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Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Enjoy food and drink from the surrounding establishments.
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Elizabeth Green,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Both establishments received inactivity suspensions on June 10.
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Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
The city of Arlington also provides establishments with inspection score certificates, which assign a letter grade — A, B, C or F — to help customers see the results of the latest health inspection.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 June 2026
In addition to fast-food tastes and trends, the YouGov report analyzed consumers' views of casual-dining and specialty-dining establishments and offered a profile of weekly fast-food diners.
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Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
The city boasts nearly 24 coworking spaces per 100,000 residents—the highest concentration among large cities—and ranks second in leisure establishments, giving young professionals countless opportunities to connect outside traditional workplaces.
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Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
McMenamins The McMenamin family is renowned across the Pacific Northwest for their historic, quirky establishments, and this boutique is no different.
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Sierra Vandervort,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
Henry Grabar,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
june 26,
Sacbee.com,
26 June 2026
Enjoy food and drink from the surrounding establishments.
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Elizabeth Green,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
Both establishments received inactivity suspensions on June 10.
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Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
22 June 2026
The city of Arlington also provides establishments with inspection score certificates, which assign a letter grade — A, B, C or F — to help customers see the results of the latest health inspection.
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Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 June 2026
In addition to fast-food tastes and trends, the YouGov report analyzed consumers' views of casual-dining and specialty-dining establishments and offered a profile of weekly fast-food diners.
—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
The city boasts nearly 24 coworking spaces per 100,000 residents—the highest concentration among large cities—and ranks second in leisure establishments, giving young professionals countless opportunities to connect outside traditional workplaces.
—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
McMenamins The McMenamin family is renowned across the Pacific Northwest for their historic, quirky establishments, and this boutique is no different.
—
Sierra Vandervort,
Travel + Leisure,
20 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for establishments
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Terrell Carstens, a 25-year resident of Brookhaven, said she is frustrated the city made little effort to find places to cut costs instead of raising the rate.
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Reception is no longer the decorative annex to proper criticism, but one of the places where criticism has to begin.
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Mythos 5 access will be restored to around 100 organizations that include government agencies and private companies, according to people familiar with the matter.
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One of the options presented must be placing a premium on companies with at least 250 employees, who don’t offer health coverage, to offset the cost to taxpayers for having their workers enrolled in Medi-Cal, according to the deal.
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But prevention begins much earlier — with whether people feel connected to their communities, invested in civic life and seen by the institutions that serve them.
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Undergraduate tuition and fees at Texas public institutions have remained frozen since 2023.
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The University of Pittsburgh’s record-setting growth is reshaping both its campus and Oakland, as the university leans into a long-term expansion plan that adds student beds, new facilities and economic heft to one of Pennsylvania’s busiest urban districts.
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Renting out parking lots, auditoriums and other school facilities often involves coming in on weekends and troubleshooting issues with vendors throughout the week, the North Side principal said.
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The report by two environmental consulting firms — one chosen by the ranch’s managers and one by Costilla County leaders — found that the extensive sections of fence were threatening wildlife by blocking their movement to food, water and safe habitat.
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Civil rights firms like ours will be able to afford handling such suits because the act requires a federal agent who loses such a case to pay the plaintiff’s legal fees.
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The company has 23 quantum systems installed at research institutes, enterprises, and high-performance computing centers and understands the need and urgency for fault-tolerant quantum computers.
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The Yale Quantum Institute, founded in 2014, is one of the country’s first quantum research institutes.
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Their dream houses have ocean views, swimming pools and four or more bedrooms, which may be hard to find.
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The 28-year-old had studied economics in college, with some adjacent experience from working summers at his father’s car dealership, but knew nothing of selling houses.
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But in thinking about all these different groups, Krieger said a battery storage system may be a type of technology that everyone can get behind.
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Recent data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) reveals that the vast majority of care is now happening in outpatient settings like physician groups, ambulatory practices and same-day surgery centers.
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“Establishments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/establishments. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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