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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 infrastructures
The large alternative asset manager invests in private equity, credit, infrastructures and real estate.
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Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, Echard has been drawn toward the infrastructures of communication.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Traditional infrastructures depend on predictable, centralized controls, whereas the Web3 environment operates on open networks, real-time settlement, and evolving code.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Capital is increasingly deployed defensively — locked into duplicative supply chains, regulatory hedges, and parallel infrastructures — rather than to create optionality.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Corporations operate in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, data infrastructures, climate volatility, and geopolitical instability, yet many oversight structures remain calibrated for a slower, simpler world.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
HostColor states that its VDS plans are designed to support compatibility with major hyperscale cloud infrastructures, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
—Nia Bowers, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Earlier this year, DEEP awarded $15 million in grants to municipalities across the state to build up investments in local and regional waste management infrastructures.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Often, the mass adoption of a new invention changes human behavior, which leads to new technologies and infrastructures reliant upon the invention.
—Peter Müllner, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Over the past few years, Echard has been drawn toward the infrastructures of communication.
—Theo Belci, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026
Traditional infrastructures depend on predictable, centralized controls, whereas the Web3 environment operates on open networks, real-time settlement, and evolving code.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Capital is increasingly deployed defensively — locked into duplicative supply chains, regulatory hedges, and parallel infrastructures — rather than to create optionality.
—Louisa Loran, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2026
Corporations operate in environments shaped by artificial intelligence, data infrastructures, climate volatility, and geopolitical instability, yet many oversight structures remain calibrated for a slower, simpler world.
—Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
HostColor states that its VDS plans are designed to support compatibility with major hyperscale cloud infrastructures, including AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.
—Nia Bowers, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
Earlier this year, DEEP awarded $15 million in grants to municipalities across the state to build up investments in local and regional waste management infrastructures.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2026
Often, the mass adoption of a new invention changes human behavior, which leads to new technologies and infrastructures reliant upon the invention.
—Peter Müllner, The Conversation, 10 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for infrastructures
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And while there have been attempts to capture all manner of regulatory effects in a single model, earlier architectures such as Borzoi and Enformer typically traded fine-scale resolution for breadth of biological coverage.—
Elie Dolgin,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Feb. 2026
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The industry’s shift toward GAA architectures could represent a meaningful upside driver for Lam Research.—
Sasirekha Subramanian,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Bonaire Resort-style Cabin Kit Robin Pekkala, an Allwood Outlet brand representative, told Travel + Leisure to think of the structures as additional space outside of your home that can be transformed into a guest cottage, pool house, art studio, yoga room, home office space, or even a music studio.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Feb. 2026
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Laguna Beach city leaders are mulling a proposal that would ban large pop-up shade structures on the sand to protect the safety of beachgoers.—
Michele Gile,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Under the frameworks announced, RTX will increase annual production of Tomahawks to more than 1,000, AMRAAMs to at least 1,900, and SM-6 to more than 500.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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For over 20 years, the South African artist has been one of the genre’s true workhorses, building up an intimidating discography under names like Echologist and Beat Pharmacy and applying the style’s pearlescent, pulsating aesthetic to a range of frameworks.—
Andrew Ryce,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2026
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