INSTITUTING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

instituting

verb

present participle of institute

as in establishing

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is generally credited with instituting the women's-rights movement in 1848

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Recent Examples of instituting Kim, who took power in 1946, reframed Christianity as a symptom of American imperialism and repurposed its rituals with himself at the center, instituting requirements for ideological activities and imposing harsh punishments on those who failed to show sufficient devotion. —

The New Yorker, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 The Georgia Democrat pointed to changes to the Voting Rights Act in recent decades, including when the high court in 2013 struck down a formula for states to get preclearance from the federal government before instituting voting procedure changes under Section 5. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 May 2026 The chief judge’s office had tightened its electronic monitoring violation policy over the winter, instituting a new requirement that any absence longer than three hours would need to be reviewed by a judge within a day. —

Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Some authorities in the United States and parts of Europe are implementing moratoriums on new data centers or instituting rules that place responsibility for grid conditions onto the data center. —

IEEE Spectrum, 29 Apr. 2026 Passed as part of the misnamed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, the federal government is now instituting strict price controls on prescription drugs accessed through Medicare. —

Elaine Parker, Oc Register, 24 Apr. 2026 The commission’s principal assignment was to draft a state-of-the-art overview of international communication flows and to examine the desirability and feasibility of instituting a new global order as requested by the nonaligned developing countries. —

Stijn Joye, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026 But the state law prevents local governments from instituting a ban on cigars. —

Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026 By Monday, the president was instituting a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz for ships coming and going from Iranian ports, an action that might hurt Iran and its allies but would also not lower prices for Americans. —

Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 14 Apr. 2026

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His first year has been one of adjustment, centered on establishing himself in the role and turning his American roots into assets, along with his time in Latin America.

— Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
Even so, the coincidence feels like an anointing, long overdue for someone who has spent decades in just about every beloved franchise, quietly establishing himself as the most important—or at least prolific—person in genre entertainment.

— James Grebey, Time, 8 May 2026