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 An action sports area is also planned with trampolines, climbing walls and indoor skate facilities. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Novo is investing billions in manufacturing facilities and, executives said this week, the company aims to be able to increase the number of patients on its GLP-1 drugs tenfold by 2030. — Annika Kim Constantino,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 The residential reentry house, as such facilities are also known, provides services such as career counseling in a supervised environment, a DOJ source told People. — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 Florida created adult congregate living facilities, now ALFs, in 1975. — Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026 The Seminoles opened a massive new football center in 2025, part of an extraordinary facilities arms race that has transformed college football. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 Hospitals are overwhelmed by wounded patients, while shortages of medicine, fuel and staff force some facilities to close or turn away pregnant women and other patients. — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 Officials in Poland, Germany and Denmark have in recent weeks accused Russia of involvement in drone incursions, sabotage, arson, surveillance of defense facilities and planning to use a drone carrying explosives to attack an airport. — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026 The bills prohibits agents, officers and employees of DHS or those acting under authority of the agency from conducting operations in child care facilities, school bus stops and playgrounds. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilities
Noun
  • Lula, meanwhile, has argued for a more prominent role of the federal government in the fight against organized crime as well as greater coordination between governmental institutions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Harvard and its peers are tax-exempt charitable institutions.
    — Jayson Weingarten, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • While covering the accident live from above, NBC’s NewsChopper4 went down between two commercial buildings nearby, killing one pedestrian, helicopter pilot George Marciniw, and aerial photojournalist Eliana Moreno.
    — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Unobstructed by high buildings, as would be the case in places like New York, their levitating forms also define the experience from above as much as from below.
    — Sam Lubell, Curbed, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Louisiana Economic Development, a state agency, says the facility will include five launch complexes and housing for employees and their families.
    — Drew Hawkins, NPR, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Passero praised Spinnaker, which has an extensive Connecticut portfolio of large-scale apartment complexes.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Rival Samsung Electronics collaborates with institutes such as Yonsei University, the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, as well as the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology.
    — Lim Hui Jie,Miko Jang, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • When Russians discovered karaoke, thousands of venues sprang up, from cheap sushi joints to lavish establishments where an orchestra and backup singers accompanied anyone willing to step onto the stage and, for a few minutes, feel like a star.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This week’s literary geography quiz is a tour of the cafes, clubs and other establishments around New York City that attracted poets and authors.
    — J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Through paintings, prints, and installations, Endaya’s work examines the social struggles in her native Philippines, from gender and labor inequality to migration and globalization, to name a few.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Current findings are based on hands-on prototyping, designer feedback and use in objects including bags, lighting, jewelry, home décor, installations and retail-window displays.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

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“Facilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilities. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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