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 The location is intended to connect future air taxi services with existing ground transportation and airport facilities. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026 Once the international visitors have gone home, the question is whether the stadiums and facilities will lie empty and fall into disrepair. — Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026 In a keynote speech at a 2018 conference in Sweden, Benson showed a slide with a map of CCS facilities across the world, most of which were enhanced oil recovery sites. — Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026 New Horizon Academy offers daycare and preschool programs at facilities across eight states. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 Oct. 2026 Blue Origin announced a major expansion of its already considerable Florida launch facilities last Friday with the intent of eventually flying more than 100 rockets a year from there, Ars reports. — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2026 Oil pollution in the Gulf could damage these facilities, imperiling water supply. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026 Although Grand Teton National Park is open every day of the year, many facilities such as campgrounds and visitor centers are closed or have reduced hours from November through April. — Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026 In his professional life, Lago has specialized for over a decade in building educational facilities across South Florida, including for Florida International University, Miami-Dade public schools and the University of Miami. — Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for facilities
Noun
  • There is no evidence that foreign countries intentionally emptied prisons or mental institutions and sent people to the United States.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Over the past half-century, art has become exceptionally sophisticated at exposing institutions, criticizing them, and revealing the forms of power embedded within them.
    — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • But Heder and the production team made a point of showing all of those, not just the stairs crafted to enter buildings, but putting the wheelchair-using cast in actual wheelchairs from the 1970s.
    — Kristen Lopez, IndieWire, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Spanning more than 8,000 square feet over four levels, the new Seoul flagship draws on the area’s industrial heritage and historic brick buildings.
    — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • In response to the signals, NLRP3 complexes assembled with the macrophages.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026
  • At Publix and Walmart, the big-bag assortments of mini chocolate bars run between 14 cents to 22 cents per piece, but that can still get pricey in a hurry for people who live in complexes with large populations of kids trolling for treats.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The company’s facilities include kindergartens, schools and technical training institutes, with more on the way.
    — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Zhou Bowen, the director and chief scientist at Shanghai AI Lab, one of the country’s leading AI research institutes, has similarly argued that AI models need robotics to understand the physical world.
    — Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • To be sure, some states have strict indoor smoking laws and require establishments like restaurants and bars to have permits to serve hookah.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In larger establishments you might be given your own table; in smaller joints you'll be squeezed onto a bench elbow to elbow with strangers.
    — Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Toward commercial deployment Kaleidos is a transportable nuclear microreactor designed to provide electricity for military installations, industrial facilities, and locations requiring reliable power.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • TeamLab is a popular immersive art collective whose international destinations invite guests to interact with the installations.
    — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

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“Facilities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facilities. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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