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 Against that backdrop, Art Basel has spent the last year retooling both its in-person fair experience and instituting support measures for its exhibitors. —

Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 June 2026 That’s in addition to problems like data drift, bias in training data, black swan events, and other things that the panelists touched on in pondering the challenges of instituting these systems in a highly regulated industry. —

John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026 During last year’s budget negotiations, public sector unions signed new agreements with the state that resulted in moderate pay increases in exchange for suspending retirement contributions and instituting a leave program for state employees. —

William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026 This model allowed the NIH to preserve researcher autonomy while instituting some safeguards against doing science that might produce a scandal. —

Megan Molteni, STAT, 5 June 2026 The Protect College Sports Act would also try to bolster enforcement of the House settlement’s cap features by instituting a hard cap. —

Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 27 May 2026 Even before this partnership is official, the Forest Service is instituting a $5 entry fee for e-bikes starting this summer to help increase revenue at Maroon Bells. —

Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 19 May 2026 By instituting these categories, the Emmys have indulged in the false notion that there are only three kinds of reality shows. —

Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 May 2026 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

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Onboard mechanical systems convert the kinetic movement of waves into a steady supply of electricity, establishing a continuous power source that functions independently of weather-dependent terrestrial renewables like solar or wind.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026
Worthington spent 14 seasons in the major leagues and appeared in 602 games, establishing himself as one of the premier relief pitchers of his era.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026