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
Related Stories For Rajamouli, the facility closes a long-standing gap in Indian filmmaking infrastructure.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Industry groups estimate that the United States faces a shortage of hundreds of thousands of electricians alone over the coming decade, precisely as demand for electrical work — driven by data centers, EV infrastructure, and renewable energy projects — accelerates.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Intensifying climate risks create larger financial burdens on utility companies to maintain service, limiting investments in future resilient infrastructure.
—Charlotte Slovin, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
The labor markets, transportation infrastructure and North Carolina’s overall business climate all factored into Maersk’s decision to relocate to the Queen City.
—Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Industry groups estimate that the United States faces a shortage of hundreds of thousands of electricians alone over the coming decade, precisely as demand for electrical work — driven by data centers, EV infrastructure, and renewable energy projects — accelerates.
—Gerald Bradshaw, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Intensifying climate risks create larger financial burdens on utility companies to maintain service, limiting investments in future resilient infrastructure.
—Charlotte Slovin, ABC News, 25 Feb. 2026
The labor markets, transportation infrastructure and North Carolina’s overall business climate all factored into Maersk’s decision to relocate to the Queen City.
—Brian Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructure
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But determining how to structure reimbursements would be tricky, as the costs of the tariffs flowed through the economy in the form of customers paying the taxes directly as well as importers either passing along the cost indirectly or absorbing them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Feb. 2026
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The funding will also allow for construction of an ornamental structure to enhance the park’s performance pavilion, as originally envisioned.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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That original scarcity logic also justified a broader regulatory architecture, including the now-defunct Fairness Doctrine.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Feb. 2026
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In recent years, researchers have discovered that, aside from fracturing, living tissues also crumple, buckle, wrinkle, and fold via physical mechanisms that produce incredible diversity with just a few slight tweaks in tissue properties and architecture.—
Clare Watson,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Feb. 2026
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Kim Rosenstock, who wrote this episode of Love Story, had the framework of what the emotions were based on, but still had to come up with the substance of the fight.—
Jessica Radloff,
Glamour,
27 Feb. 2026
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The latest print comes after the government overhauled the framework for calculating economic output to improve accuracy.—
Priyanka Salve,
CNBC,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructure. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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