Thesaurus results for FACILITY

facility

noun

fə-ˈsi-lə-tē

as in institution

a structure that is designed and built for a particular purpose the city is known for its outstanding medical facilities

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Recent Examples of facility The most plausible means at its disposal is major missile strikes on South Korean nuclear facilities, which would likely provoke the very conflict that North Korea acquired nuclear weapons to avoid. —

Robert E. Kelly, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024 Because the vessel is only accessible through the museum, guests also have after-hours access to the facility—including all the exhibits and the theater, where they’re invited to screen maritime and submarine movies from the museum’s collection. —

Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Dec. 2024 One operation planted tracking devices on Hezbollah’s Fajr missiles that gave Israel information about munitions hidden inside secret military bases, civilian storage facilities and private homes, according to three former Israeli officials. —

Mark Mazzetti, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Lieutenant Rodney Osborne, who was from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's southern Ohio facility, was shot and killed in April during a training accident at the corrections facility in Orient. —

Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 25 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for facility

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With the largest population and economy in Southeast Asia, Indonesia shares with other members a commitment to reforming global governance institutions and contributes positively to deepening South-South cooperation.

Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
An exception was his campaign to set up institutions for the exchange of scientific information, which did eventually bear fruit in several countries.

Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025