infrastructures

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 Without their data, infrastructures and skilled personnel, crafting federal policies that serve the best interests of the nation would be impossible. Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025 High-performance networking is the crucial element of these infrastructures, and Arista is providing the foundation. Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Shaffi, a senior data architect at Amazon Web Services, is widely recognized for designing secure, large scale data infrastructures that power global enterprises. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025 Quarterback is an isolating and lonely position, despite entire infrastructures reverse-engineered in service of those who play it, to say nothing of the elaborate playbooks created for them. Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Advertisement The quakes have reportedly damaged roads and cut off networks between towns and cities, and reduced some homes and infrastructures to rubble. Chad De Guzman, Time, 2 Sep. 2025 In the early 1990s, individual regions and carriers had built their own telecommunications infrastructures using different technologies and protocols. IEEE Spectrum, 18 Aug. 2025 Each hospital has a different experience when translating AI into practice, due to dramatic variations in their infrastructures. Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025 The short-term outlook remains robust, as tech giants such as Google and Microsoft are increasing capital expenditures for 2025 to expand their AI cloud infrastructures. Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructures
Noun
  • But ceasefires without security architectures are merely intervals between rounds of violence.
    Bobby Ghosh, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The limited speed and high power consumption of traditional memory architectures have long slowed the growth of AI systems.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Previous research, carried out under the EndoPrint3D project, successfully proved the feasibility of using ultrashort femtosecond laser pulses to 3D-print structures through optical fibers.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The word was used in English as early as 1865, in the context of building, architecture, and engineering, referring to the disassembly or dismantling of structures.
    Brené Brown, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Third, standardize decision-grade data and impact frameworks.
    Olivier Wenden, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For policymakers and regulators, the coalition suggested establishing policy platforms that bring together various players—like governments, industry actors, standards setters and civil society—to co-develop fair and credible LCA frameworks while ensuring alignment, not fragmentation.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 13 Oct. 2025

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“Infrastructures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructures. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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