Thesaurus results for ESTABLISHMENTS

establishments

noun

plural of establishment

as in places

a building, room, or suite of rooms occupied by a service business one of the best dining establishments in the city

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a commercial or industrial activity or organization new business establishments sprang up all over in the postwar boom

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a public organization with a particular purpose or function the proposed change in pollution standards was opposed by environmental establishments across the board

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a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose the city boasts a host of outstanding medical establishments

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Recent Examples of establishments The area might feel a bit buttoned-up and corporate for vacationers, but those in Abu Dhabi for work will be within a stone's throw of some of the city's best power-lunch and expense-account-dinner establishments. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, some long-standing Oxford establishments were praised by sources for aggressive vetting. — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026 Adler and his wife-cum-business partner, Rachel Jackson, who together own the group RAD Restaurants, have graced three establishments with variations on Aronow’s name, all of them devoted to a sort of modern version of Ashkenazi American cooking. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026 In 1969, the couple moved to Berlin, where Wiener opened several establishments, including the restaurant Exile to which Ingrid lended her culinary skills. — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026 Dining establishments such as sit-down restaurants, drive-thrus, gas stations and grocery stores are required to get food inspections, and governments have to release those inspections to the public. — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026 On the ordinance that would limit the overall number of establishments, the city has indicated that the Committee of the Whole could raise or lower the limit as license holders applied and surrendered their licenses. — Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Restaurants and other food-service establishments should check their freezers and make sure the product is not served to customers, the USDA said. — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 When Russians discovered karaoke, thousands of venues sprang up, from cheap sushi joints to lavish establishments where an orchestra and backup singers accompanied anyone willing to step onto the stage and, for a few minutes, feel like a star. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

There were places in the UK that banned it, councils that refused to allow it to be played.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
Expanding the use of climate-friendly geothermal energy near places such as the Salton Sea and Sonoma and Modoc counties.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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The companies say a flood of lawsuits in state courts is not the way to deal with the global issue.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
Wildfires California created first-in-the-nation standards to test and remediate homes damaged by wildfire smoke and to require insurance companies to pay for associated costs.

— Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of companies

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Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
This woman, this young woman, had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable and that at every turn, she was failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of institutions

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Doubts in facilities management Now, CDE employees say their concerns extend beyond bedbugs to how their headquarters are maintained overall.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The service is intended to provide a more streamlined travel experience, including access to private terminals rather than crowded commercial airport facilities.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of facilities

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Robinson is just the latest in a growing parade of researchers and safety workers who have left their positions at prominent AI firms.

— Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026
China’s leading firms are still just approaching top US labs in capabilities, partly explaining their lack of transparency.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of firms

Noun

The committee said the institutes are governed by Chinese law, are directed by Chinese-majority boards and are aligned with Chinese Communist Party security goals.

— Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
The cells will undergo electrical, thermal, and safety testing at Mercedes-Benz facilities and specialized external institutes.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of institutes

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Since at least the 1970s and 1980s, there have been incidents of gang rape of intoxicated, incapacitated women in fraternity houses.

— Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Hyatt transformed the resort with six new buildings, including additional guest houses; all 117 rooms have also been overhauled, and there is a new pool as well as tons of new activities and programs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of houses

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Nine of the 10 largest individual and family donors in CNBC’s overall top 20 groups are Republican-aligned, accounting for 86 cents of every dollar contributed by the top 10, according to CNBC’s analysis of FEC records.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Though professional society guidelines recommended against performing this biopsy on women 70 or older with early-stage cancer, other groups had reported that it was still being done.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026

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