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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 infrastructures
As ultra-high-net-worth travel infrastructures have matured — aviation programs, yacht operations, family-office staffing — high-tier residential ownership is undergoing a similar shift.
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Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Rather than forcing every participant onto the same technical stack, the system creates a universal layer that can interoperate across heterogeneous infrastructures.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The large alternative asset manager invests in private equity, credit, infrastructures and real estate.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, Echard has been drawn toward the infrastructures of communication.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Traditional infrastructures depend on predictable, centralized controls, whereas the Web3 environment operates on open networks, real-time settlement, and evolving code.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Capital is increasingly deployed defensively — locked into duplicative supply chains, regulatory hedges, and parallel infrastructures — rather than to create optionality.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Corporations operate in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, data infrastructures, climate volatility, and geopolitical instability, yet many oversight structures remain calibrated for a slower, simpler world.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Earlier this year, DEEP awarded $15 million in grants to municipalities across the state to build up investments in local and regional waste management infrastructures.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 17 Feb. 2026
Rather than forcing every participant onto the same technical stack, the system creates a universal layer that can interoperate across heterogeneous infrastructures.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
The large alternative asset manager invests in private equity, credit, infrastructures and real estate.
—Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, Echard has been drawn toward the infrastructures of communication.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Traditional infrastructures depend on predictable, centralized controls, whereas the Web3 environment operates on open networks, real-time settlement, and evolving code.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Capital is increasingly deployed defensively — locked into duplicative supply chains, regulatory hedges, and parallel infrastructures — rather than to create optionality.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Corporations operate in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, data infrastructures, climate volatility, and geopolitical instability, yet many oversight structures remain calibrated for a slower, simpler world.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Earlier this year, DEEP awarded $15 million in grants to municipalities across the state to build up investments in local and regional waste management infrastructures.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructures
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In the rapidly evolving world of engineering technology, professionals devote enormous energy to such tasks as mastering the latest frameworks, optimizing architectures, and refining machine learning models.—
Angelique Parashis,
IEEE Spectrum,
18 Feb. 2026
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Modern satellite architectures are designed for frequent revisits or near-persistent coverage, allowing analysts to monitor the same location multiple times per hour.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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These structures are selfie gold, with architecture that hits the high notes just like the shows inside.—
Condé Nast Traveler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Feb. 2026
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This was made possible thanks to a new method of 'marking' the glass to store information – going from birefringent voxels that require a two-step process to create microscopic needle-like structures in the glass, to phase voxels that allow for faster reading and writing with simpler hardware.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
21 Feb. 2026
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The two countries also agreed legal frameworks on a range of topics including entrepreneurship, health, scientific research and education.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Saturn meeting Neptune aims to restructure your interpersonal frameworks.—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Infrastructures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructures. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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