facilities

plural of facility
as in institutions
a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose the city is known for its outstanding medical facilities

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Recent Examples of facilities Considerable expense would go into rebranding the entire airport and its facilities. Chris Willman, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 According to the document’s timeline, NASA seeks a groundbreaking for a permanent campus no later than next year, the first class to be enrolled and begin studies in temporary facilities in 2028, and a transition to a permanent campus in 2031. Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 The International Energy Agency reported Friday that Saudi oil production fell to a three-decade low last month due to Houthi attacks on its energy facilities. ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 Ozon is a competitor to Wildberries, whose facilities Ukraine has also targeted. Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 The technology is also being used at major research facilities, including CERN, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026 The renovations were initially recommended by the current executive director and former vice president of facilities at the Kennedy Center, Matt Floca. Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2026 The institution deposits the money and uses it to help pay for scholarships, travel, facilities, salaries and sports that might produce little revenue of their own. Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 The plan would let migrants ordered to leave Europe be sent not to their home countries but to facilities in third nations, with African states such as Rwanda under discussion. Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
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  • Foreign central banks and other institutions looking for a safe place to park their capital have diminished roles in the Treasury market and have increasingly turned to alternative havens like gold.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The weaponization and deconstruction of our institutions and republic are no laughing matter.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Developers, meanwhile, have made off with nearly all the old parking garages, odd lots, and historic buildings that haven’t yet been claimed by hedge funders like Steve Cohen.
    Kim Velsey, Curbed, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Kids were spray-painting impressive murals on the sides of buildings and the bodies of subway cars.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Identifying this more limited set of protein complexes that likely contribute to the development of profound autism could change the approach to treatments, says Singer with the Autism Science Foundation.
    Pien Huang, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Campuses, apartment complexes and neighborhoods can all include routes that become difficult for wheels alone.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Countries typically built these large-scale computers at their national institutes to make scientific breakthroughs and attain economic leadership, while also deploying them for national security measures.
    Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
  • That’s thanks to educational institutions like the University of Toronto, and public-private research institutes like the Vector Institute, which Hinton co-founded to help commercialize AI breakthroughs.
    Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Still, the growth in the number of establishments selling caramel apple and apple pie dwarfed pumpkin spice’s advance.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Tarrant County inspects and scores all food-service establishments in the county except for those in Fort Worth, Arlington, Euless and North Richland Hills.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026
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  • Virginia Sin’s ceramic Olo hooks look much more like miniature art installations, but don’t be afraid to put them to work.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Krohn had come to New York in the 1970s from Portland, Oregon, and got work building installations for Soho galleries including Sperone and Marian Goodman.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

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“Facilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilities. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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