instituting

verb

Definition of institutingnext
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 Synonyms for instituting
  1. establishing
  2. initiating
  3. founding
  4. introducing
  5. creating
  6. pioneering
  7. launching
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  • By Daniella Gray Family and Parenting Reporter 1 With children as young as 6 months already establishing a digital footprint, parents who opt to keep their kids offline find themselves in the minority.
    Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024
  • In reality, the establishing exterior shot is a matte painting, and the interior of the structure and closer exterior shots were built out on the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of establishing
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  • Amazon faced its largest labor action to date in the United States, with nearly 10,000 employees initiating a strike on Thursday at facilities across several major urban centers.
    Jack Kelly, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • This involves engaging proactively with followers—responding to comments, initiating conversations, implementing a direct messaging strategy and actively seeking leads.
    Tony Pec, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of initiating
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  • Abigail Stuart, founding partner of Day One Strategy, with 20+ years in brand and market research, drives innovation and champions AI.
    Abigail Stuart, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Inspired by real events, the film is described as an epic fable about the founding leader of the Shaker Movement.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of founding
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  • The actor Glen Powell was just behind her, introducing guests to Cyndy Powell, his mother.
    Jacob Bernstein, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Qualcomm’s latest push into the PC market involves lowering the price of Windows laptops based on its CPUs by introducing a new, lower-end Snapdragon X processor.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of introducing
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  • Workplace evolutions spurred by technology even impact those who are creating them.
    Aliza Knox, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
  • His retirement saw the end of an era, creating a vacuum in a sport closely tethered to his name and achievements.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of creating
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  • This pioneering work could redefine the future of wearable technology and its environmental footprint.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Beth also spent 19 years at Accenture, pioneering its cloud consulting business.
    Committee of 200, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of pioneering
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  • This can lead to overwhelm and a case of analysis paralysis, which ultimately leads you down the downward spiral of procrastination and not launching any independent venture at all.
    Rachel Wells, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
  • An example is a tech startup that pivots from developing cutting-edge software to launching philanthropic initiatives.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of launching
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