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 But after cops were increasingly publicly exposed for using Flock to commit crimes, the company mobilized, instituting consequential changes that inhibit the public's ability to hold rogue officers accountable. — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Then this summer, the Pentagon took another step and declared its press office a classified space — instituting a policy that journalists must be accompanied by an escort on Pentagon grounds. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026 The zoning amendments were removed from the August agenda, and the city’s focus instead turned to exploring the months-long legal process of instituting a moratorium. — Emily Holshouser august 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026 Following the campaign, Rome aggressively eradicated and restructured local settlements, while instituting repressive laws designed to assimilate the area into the greater empire. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026 Those policies include reducing the 40-hour week to a 32-hour week, increasing the minimum wage from $15 an hour to $30 an hour, instituting Medicare for All and the Green New Deal and providing free buses and free child care. — Dave Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2026 But 3,000 miles away, a school district in Orange County, CA, is instituting a similar ban for the upcoming 2026-27 school year. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026 Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum (VGM) has embraced this challenge head-on, instituting a yearslong collaboration with academics from leading business schools to explore how using data and analytics can improve visitors’ experiences. — Mureji Fatunde-Iloeje, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2026 The agenda item instituting the change for the upcoming school year was included in the board’s consent agenda, and there was no board discussion of the matter at its Wednesday meeting. — Austin Horn july 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instituting
  1. establishing
  2. initiating
  3. founding
  4. introducing
  5. creating
  6. pioneering
  7. launching
Verb
  • Most recently, the Los Padres National Forest issued an order, effective Friday night, establishing an emergency closure for the Monterey Ranger District.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The expansion of settlements crisscrossing the West Bank threatened the hope of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state there.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of establishing
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  • Police said at the time Shao was a passenger, on her way home from a trip, when Reyes-Vargas drove into oncoming traffic to get around a traffic jam, initiating a head-on collision.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Interim Police Chief Doug Brinkley issued an executive order May 20 barring officers from initiating pursuits solely for minor traffic offenses or city ordinance violations unless something increases the seriousness of the incident.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of initiating
Verb
  • One person not surprised by Yancy’s win was Lauren Beth Gash, the founding chair of the Tenth Congressional District Democrats.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • But the dispute quickly escalated into a reputational crisis for the biennale, with artists from Taiwan and China condemning the name change as a betrayal of its founding ideals.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of founding
Verb
  • That’s when parents might want to consider introducing them to the PG-13 movie, a film designed to meet the needs of tweens and teens without going too far into grown-up territory.
    — Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
  • He is best known for introducing the idea of dynamical similarity to cosmological systems — a mathematical realization of philosophical principles in physics.
    — Big Think, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of introducing
Verb
  • Running open-weight AI agents and programs has been gaining steam, creating shortages for desktop Macs.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The rest of the lunar surface may take on an eerie reddish-orange hue, creating an impressive 'almost blood moon'.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of creating
Verb
  • The crane also has a pioneering electric direct-drive system that can convert electric power directly into motion.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • For three decades, in an increasingly noisy and stress-filled world, Miraval Arizona has embraced its philosophy of Life in Balance, pioneering the concept of transformative wellbeing through mindfulness.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of pioneering
Verb
  • Tod’s is getting ahead of the game, launching Digital Product Passports on its website with the help of Renoon, which is specializing in helping companies meet upcoming regulatory requirements.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • If approved, the city could start a public outreach campaign at the start of next year with the program launching in March 2027.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of launching

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“Instituting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instituting. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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