Thesaurus results for FACILITIES

facilities

noun

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 Owner Mark Stewart believes this approach could inspire other golf facilities to use vacant land or provide maintenance options. — Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Throughout the previous four years, Russia has, for example, sent drones and clandestine operatives to disrupt European defense production facilities, military bases, and transport infrastructure. — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026 Bass also requested that the city council introduce an ordinance establishing a moratorium on the construction of new large cold storage facilities near residential areas and sensitive locations, such as parks and schools. — Julie Sharp, CBS News, 31 July 2026 The program is also expected to support thousands of highly skilled jobs across Boeing’s manufacturing facilities and supply chain. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 Ukraine claimed to have struck Russian facilities and naval vessels in the Caspian late last year. — CNN Money, 25 July 2026 Having Puntarenas as a central base allows productions to move efficiently between islands, mainland ports, and urban support facilities without the logistical complexity typically associated with island filming. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026 Russia regularly attacks Ukrainian logistics and retail facilities, including several that were hit last week. — Dasha Litvinova, Fortune, 24 July 2026 The operation is based at Club Puerto Azul in La Guaira, the area hardest hit by the earthquakes, whose staff opened its facilities and made its workforce and equipment available to the organization. — Sonia Osorio, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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Along the way, some businesses failed while others became neighborhood institutions that, collectively, created a place where almost every storefront seemed to have a story behind it.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 27 July 2026
Enrollment at private nonprofit and private for-profit 4-year institutions, meanwhile, was essentially unchanged, according to the website.

— Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026

Definition of institutions

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Multiple buildings were damaged, including an Aeon shopping mall that NHK said had suffered an explosion, while footage from the broadcaster also showed other buildings on fire or partially collapsed.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026
Like many of the buildings in the Cyclades, the property is mostly white.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 July 2026

Definition of buildings

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The city had worked for years to draw new businesses and modern apartment complexes that the area, and officials have been frustrated about clusters of apparently jobless and homeless people making residents uncomfortable.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
Firefighters drive past the smoke of a fire at the Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries' logistics complexes in the town of Elektrostal outside Moscow on July 18, 2026.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2026

Definition of complexes

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Founded in 2021, Helical Fusion aims to commercialize fusion research conducted at the National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), one of Japan’s leading public research institutes.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
Meanwhile, Beijing widens Japan export curbs, targeting drone makers, nuclear firms and defense institutes.

— Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 6 July 2026

Definition of institutes

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Several downtown establishments keep limited weekly schedules, so check operating hours before setting out.

— Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
From Piggly Wiggly to gas station, deli to sit-down-restaurant, most quick lunch establishments (and the Southerners that lovingly and critically frequent them) take the flavor, texture, and temperature of their chicken salads extremely seriously.

— Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 19 July 2026

Definition of establishments

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And the collective’s street art, films and installations have used the concept of non-native species to explore how modern human society interacts with nature and animals.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
In 2020, domestic suppliers accounted for 30% of installations.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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