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 Industrial modernity produced buildings at unprecedented speed while also accelerating the rate at which the technologies, industries, and infrastructures that gave them purpose became obsolete. — Julian Rose, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026 In their effort to recall a variety of pieces and themes while foregrounding the public infrastructures that enabled their exhibition, Armani and Siegel demur from much evaluation. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 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
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  1. architectures
  2. structures
  3. frameworks
Noun
  • The playbook concedes that compared to other industries with similar general architectures, the clothing and textile manufacturing sector faces a number of challenges that can slow the adoption of digital processes.
    — Jennifer Bringle, Footwear News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • Finally, those amazing five-minute megawatt fills only work on vehicles engineered with 1,000-volt architectures and second-generation Blade packs; plugging an older EV into a Flash Charger won't magically turn it into a pit-stop racer.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Nov. 2026
Definition of architectures
Noun
  • These synthetic structures abandon uniform grids for messy, sprawling physical networks modeled after leaf vasculature, neural connections, and even the internet.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • But the collision illustrated the additional clearance hazards created by operating these enormous structures in busy ports.
    — Harry T Angell, Oc Register, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of structures
Noun
  • National governments will already be looking at their aviation authority regulations and frameworks and there will be discussions at the European and global level, John Edwards, senior consultant at Gates Aviation in London, said by phone.
    — Jenni Reid, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The experience of the past eight months suggests that resilience has been earned, through adjustment, stronger policy frameworks, and buffers built before the conflict.
    — Jihad Azour, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of frameworks

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