as in structure
the arrangement of parts that gives something its basic form
a bold plan to deal a crippling blow to the infrastructure of international terrorism
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Recent Examples of infrastructure
The robot uses Foxconn’s Chinese large language model for its communication, while US tech giant NVIDIA provided Nurabot’s core AI and robotics infrastructure.
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Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
What this means is that the industry needs to expand and modernize its collecting, sorting and preprocessing infrastructure by investing in things like automation, which can offer faster throughput and more accurate fiber identification.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The beautiful terminal, designed by the firm Nudes Architecture, was commissioned as part of an effort to improve local infrastructure and accommodate a higher number of air travelers.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
As infrastructure grows more interconnected (think EVs, broadband, and sensors), Eliasen says utilities need systems that can keep up.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Rebecca Cairns, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
What this means is that the industry needs to expand and modernize its collecting, sorting and preprocessing infrastructure by investing in things like automation, which can offer faster throughput and more accurate fiber identification.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
The beautiful terminal, designed by the firm Nudes Architecture, was commissioned as part of an effort to improve local infrastructure and accommodate a higher number of air travelers.
—Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
As infrastructure grows more interconnected (think EVs, broadband, and sensors), Eliasen says utilities need systems that can keep up.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructure
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Traditional data lakes can store raw data at scale but lack quality controls, while warehouses enforce structure but struggle with unstructured or fast changing data.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Leaders who can diagnose feedback loops, surface mental models and align vision with structure will turn collaboration from aspiration into execution.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cognitive architecture built in youth provides the scaffolding for a lifetime of learning.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The project preserves the mid-20th century architecture of the Pan Am building, maintaining its historical significance.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
11 Sep. 2025
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Even when using global providers like Microsoft, governance frameworks must be built to manage the trade-off between convenience and control.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The results, obtained at the US Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, provide a new framework for studying the proton’s internal structure.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Infrastructure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infrastructure. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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