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 After investing more than $400 million to expand the facility to handle the largest cargo vessels, the company is also building a manufacturing and trade zone nearby in Berbera. Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025 The lawsuit also cites a long tradition of peaceful prayer vigils and protests at the Broadview facility, where local faith groups and immigration advocates have gathered for years. Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 On Wednesday evening, six major air traffic control facilities will be short-staffed, according to a publicly available FAA operations plan. Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025 Francine the calico cat is back home at a Lowe’s store in Virginia after going missing for a few weeks, hitching a ride on a truck that turned up at a sister facility in another state. John Raby, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for facility
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Noun
  • The school is a part of Milwaukee's School of Choice voucher program, and accepts students from all faiths and backgrounds, but is still rooted in its heritage as an Islamic institution.
    Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Its second season, dubbed Asylum, is set mostly in 1964 and follows the tales of the staff and inmates who occupy the fictional mental institution Briarcliff Manor, run by the Catholic Church and overseen by zealous nun Sister Jude (Jessica Lange).
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Tom Grogan’s first job paid him just £30 ($40) a day lugging bricks and hauling cement on a Birmingham building site.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • If possible, drive to a nearby sturdy building.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But with the 21st century came the 2008 financial crisis -- as well as the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements that emerged from it -- and Americans began questioning the economic establishment from both the right and the left.
    Halle Troadec, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • For the first time since its establishment, question marks are being raised about the very legitimacy of the State of Israel.
    Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But, even if the tech works, legal authority lags as only certain installations can lawfully take down drones.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The launch of Quantum System Two follows the deployment last year of our first European quantum data center with multiple installations of our best quantum computers in Germany.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
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  • On the morning of August 8th, two masked men leaving the federal complex exited their vehicle and targeted one of the Patrollers, Amanda Trebach, who was photographing cars and holding a protest sign.
    Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025
  • One of the more ambitious levels is Imprint, a snowy complex that feels ripped from Inception with an angled elevator lift at its heart that shifts laterally between planes.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In Idaho, a 55-year-old earning about $63,000 per year will see annual premium costs rise by an average of nearly $4,000, according to the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan progressive policy institute.
    Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There are economic considerations including freight costs, the cargo transported and how quickly it’s needed, said Klaus Dodds, a geopolitical analyst and senior research fellow at RAND Europe, a research institute.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Facility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facility. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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