as in institution
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 facility The inspection was carried out under the new Federal Prison Oversight Act, which requires regular independent reviews of BOP facilities. Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Each facility will sell a share of its produce at local farmers markets, using revenue to subsidize therapy sessions. Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 Israel — which has been bombarding the city for days — said 100,000 people had already left, that refugee facilities were being prepared, and that the assault would finally break Hamas. Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025 At Radius’ West Oakland facility, the company has racked up dozens of violations, at least two major fires, and over $8 million in fines and settlements in the past five years alone. Brian Beveridge, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for facility
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Noun
  • Spanning technology, media, entertainment, cultural institutions and platforms, The Webby 30 highlights the organizations that helped define our digital lives, and in many cases, built the very infrastructure of modern culture online.
    Ian Shepherd, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Book said, students at each institution will immediately be able to take courses and pursue programs only available at the other school.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2025
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  • At around the same time, a tall, college-aged man carrying a black backpack made his way up the stairwell of the nearby Losee Center, a four-story concrete building that houses the student welcome center, among other things.
    Rick Jervis, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Transistors, the fundamental building blocks of digital logic, are now being made just a few dozen atoms wide.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For decades, these establishments have been the places where families gathered after ballgames, where road trips stopped for pancakes, and where Main Street found an affordable night out.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Karki has spent much of her career within the very establishment the youth are protesting against, yet her reputation as a fearless and incorruptible jurist has appealed to many young people in the country of 30 million.
    Sugam Pokharel, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ukraine has fought back with its own drone forces in strikes such as Operation Spider Web in June, when Ukrainian drones entered deep into Russia and struck vital military installations in their enemy’s heartland.
    Joseph Nepomuceno, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
  • While history is ever present throughout, the Freedom Tower’s installations are created to appeal to 21st century visitors, many through interactive exhibitions, digital content and detailed re-creations.
    Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The amino acid complex itself is designed to repair damage and prevent future irritation and redness with three amino acids—taurine, arginine, and glycine—and finding the most effective percentage of each ingredient in the mix took more than 100 rounds of testing to perfect.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The triple shooting occurred in a quaint two-story apartment complex, off a main road and across from a farm stand and other neighborhoods.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Robinovitz and Schiller have given a great deal of thought every aspect of each visit to the institute.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Key achievements under Sundance include Smoke Signals becoming the first film written and directed by Native Americans, having originated in the Sundance lab, and then becoming the first Native film to receive a commercial release, according to the institute.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facility. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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