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Elizabeth Cady Stanton is generally credited with instituting the women's-rights movement in 1848
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Recent Examples of instituting
For more than 50 years, Major League Baseball has sought to join the rest of the North American big league professional sports leagues by instituting a salary cap.
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Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In fact, Poland long managed to avoid recessions altogether, even throughout the 2008-2009 financial crisis, experiencing a downturn only during the outbreak of COVID-19 some three decades after instituting vast market privatization.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The changes included discontinuing the practice of kicking students out of magnets for poor attendance, grades or behavior; instituting diversity targets for magnet programs and schools; and expanding some programs and ending or consolidating others.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The federal settlement also eliminated scholarship limits while instituting roster limits for each sport and created regulatory oversight of third-party NIL deals.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Former Chipotle leader Brian Niccol became Starbucks’ CEO last September, instituting a number of changes to try to help revive the brand.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
The strike was brought on by the owners’ insistence on instituting a salary cap, which the players union rejected.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
As California has grappled with the ghost student swarms, officials have debated instituting a nominal fee to add friction to the system of applying.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Third, enable smaller market teams to reach the salary band by instituting more robust revenue sharing from TV deals.
—Jacob E. Moss, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
In fact, Poland long managed to avoid recessions altogether, even throughout the 2008-2009 financial crisis, experiencing a downturn only during the outbreak of COVID-19 some three decades after instituting vast market privatization.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
The changes included discontinuing the practice of kicking students out of magnets for poor attendance, grades or behavior; instituting diversity targets for magnet programs and schools; and expanding some programs and ending or consolidating others.
—Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
The federal settlement also eliminated scholarship limits while instituting roster limits for each sport and created regulatory oversight of third-party NIL deals.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
Former Chipotle leader Brian Niccol became Starbucks’ CEO last September, instituting a number of changes to try to help revive the brand.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
The strike was brought on by the owners’ insistence on instituting a salary cap, which the players union rejected.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
As California has grappled with the ghost student swarms, officials have debated instituting a nominal fee to add friction to the system of applying.
—Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
Third, enable smaller market teams to reach the salary band by instituting more robust revenue sharing from TV deals.
—Jacob E. Moss, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instituting
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Union leaders cautiously welcomed the apology, viewing it as a necessary step in establishing trust between Mamdani and law enforcement—a group historically skeptical of his platform.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
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With the help of the courts, these governments disfranchised Black voters, establishing poll taxes, literacy tests, understanding clauses, and other measures to effectively deny them the vote.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Sainz and Williams initiating a right of review protest four days later revived my feeling that his penalty was an unsatisfactory outcome, regardless of the rules.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The incursion, which saw multiple drones breach Polish airspace during a broader Russian assault on western Ukraine, prompted Poland to invoke NATO's Article 4, initiating emergency consultations among member states.—
Amanda Castro
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
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Anmol Verma is a founding team member at Finvest, an AI Wealth Advisory Platform, a former institutional investor and a Wharton MBA.—
Anmol Verma,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The area around the stadium will be named Maybelle Blair Park after the IWBC founding director emeritus and a former pitcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.—
The Athletic Staff,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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News on the red carpet for the 2025 Emmy Awards, with correspondent Zuri Hall introducing Rex, 68, as as the fiancé of McEntire, 70.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Sep. 2025
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Chinese-Canadian designer Wenny Han made a powerful debut at New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2026, introducing her first full collection under the banner of Global Fashion Collective (GFC).—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Or those who know the difference between a smudging brush and a blending brush and how to use them when creating a smoky eye.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Improving efficiency in cooling systems reduces leaks, lowers energy use, and extends product life, creating both environmental and financial savings.—
Dianne Plummer,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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One of the major findings is that a big threat is likely to come from small independent labs that go too far in pioneering AI systems.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Many might think that only savvy investors, pioneering founders, and rising CEOs become millionaires overnight—but employees are reaping seven-figure net worths from the successes of their companies, too.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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After launching in Europe, the Peel It Back Tour hit the States in early August, treating fans in Oakland, California, to a mix of hits and deep cuts that continue to define their legacy as a seminal force in industrial rock.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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And the disarming nature of someone like Jon Cryer starting this thing felt good to me rather than just launching right into the chaos.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Instituting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instituting. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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