infrastructures

noun

plural of infrastructure
as in architectures
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 The city of about 250,000 people has been rattled by a series of drone strikes that hit oil and power infrastructures. — ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026 The report also noted that TikTok Shop’s momentum illustrates a mechanism of migration—Eastern platforms exporting not just formats, but whole infrastructures for commerce and personalization as well as audience capture. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2026 That may mean different standards, infrastructures, and governance. — Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026 Winners are extending existing platforms, products, research bases, and infrastructures while leveraging new open-source tools, capabilities, models, and datasets that can serve as public goods for the broader field. — Ulrich Boser, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Meanwhile, the new 1,100 MW nuclear plants will provide the constant baseline current and frequency regulation that heavy technology infrastructures require at all times. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026 Various European countries and Canadian provinces used the Covid crisis to accelerate massive digital identity infrastructures. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026 Advertisement More than 40 energy infrastructures across the Middle East were damaged in attacks during the war, forcing many refineries across the Gulf to halt production. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 19 June 2026 For technical professionals, LLMs are core architectural elements that are fundamentally changing how digital infrastructures are built and maintained. — Angelique Parashis, IEEE Spectrum, 19 June 2026
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  1. architectures
  2. structures
  3. frameworks
Noun
  • The companies said that using modular hardware and open architectures helped reduce integration barriers and allowed the two systems to be combined more quickly.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These algorithms rely on geometric complexities that are equally intractable for both classical and quantum architectures.
    — Adi Karisik, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of architectures
Noun
  • Almost 50 homes and other structures have been destroyed so far; there have been several injuries, and one of Tibbetts’s neighbors lost 20 German shepherds.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • These proposals, many times rooted in sympathy and love, were presented as alternatives to the political structures and market logic that had so often led to war, exploitation, hopelessness, and suffering.
    — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of structures
Noun
  • Well-meaning executives often draft policies, mentorship frameworks, or diversity programs behind closed doors, only to wonder why employee adoption remains low.
    — Julie Kratz, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Since 2017, Brown Faces Green Spaces pioneered the very fishing clinics, youth programming, and outdoor educational frameworks that successfully brought underserved, diverse audiences into the Indiana Dunes ecosystem.
    — Kimmie Gordon, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of frameworks

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“Infrastructures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructures. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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