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entrenched

adjective as in established

Strongest match

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Example Sentences

But other groups are still, by all outward appearances, more entrenched.

There is the fact that in many of these states Democratic legislatures are entrenched, and voters are looking for a counterweight.

Jazz is now entrenched in high schools and colleges, and gets honored with Pulitzer Prizes and genius grants.

A few days ago, he criticized his home state of Alabama for its entrenched prejudice.

Football is simply too beloved and entrenched—too big to fail, in essence.

A couple of miles out of the town, in the neighbourhood of La Paz, the entrenched enemy was routed after a slight skirmish.

Peggy had entrenched herself behind the little table on which supper had been laid.

Their armies, under men like Cronje or Joubert, seldom move from strongly-entrenched positions.

The great vassals, veritable sovereigns, entrenched in their duchies, laughed at the impotent authority of the King.

About four o'clock on the afternoon of the 21st, the united forces advanced to attack the entrenched camp of the Sikhs.

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On this page you'll find 19 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to entrenched, such as: rooted, firm, fixed, fortified, and dug in.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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