as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
a bold plan to deal a crippling blow to the infrastructure of international terrorism
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Recent Examples of infrastructure
The city said it's set to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding for flood recovery and infrastructure projects, and West Side homeowners say that help can't come soon enough.
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Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The stock was off 1% after the company said details in a Business Insider report that Microsoft ended negotiations over a $3 billion deal to lease the company's cloud infrastructure over security concerns were inaccurate.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The new 20-qubit IQM Radiance system will operate alongside the lab’s high-performance computing infrastructure.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
She has been involved in healthcare system design with Caravan Health, as well as data infrastructure in her time as CIO.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 17 June 2026
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Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 17 June 2026
The stock was off 1% after the company said details in a Business Insider report that Microsoft ended negotiations over a $3 billion deal to lease the company's cloud infrastructure over security concerns were inaccurate.
—Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 17 June 2026
The new 20-qubit IQM Radiance system will operate alongside the lab’s high-performance computing infrastructure.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
She has been involved in healthcare system design with Caravan Health, as well as data infrastructure in her time as CIO.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructure
Noun
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Even before the pier collapse, the structure was looking at damage from a previous storm that would take $20 million to repair.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Many of the original structures on the ranch were built by Lytle and his brother—including the Meadowlark Cabin, which still exists today.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
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Truth spoke with clarity and conviction about the architecture of oppression that conspired to diminish her.—
Jocelyn Frye,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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Dotted across Saudi Arabia’s dark green home jersey are symmetrical lavender squares or diamond shapes, a tribute to doorway decoration — namely geometric, triangular architecture — commonly seen in homes in the kingdom.—
Steve Douglas,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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The framework could be signed by both sides remotely in the next few days, Araghchi said.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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Large randomized trials testing specific food protocols don’t yet exist, but the hormonal physiology underlying the general framework is well documented.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructure. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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