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encroachment

[en-krohch-muhnt] / ɛnˈkroʊtʃ mənt /
NOUN
infringement
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AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile earlier this year teamed up to extend their service to remote areas over satellite links, a move widely viewed as a defensive tactic against potential SpaceX encroachment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, nursing, education and psychology scored as some of the least exposed to AI encroachment.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

The new technology was all the more vital given the frequency with which viruses are now emerging due to population growth, greater movement across borders and human encroachment on animal habitats, he said.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

And yet, the encroachment on academic freedom has become both more extreme and more inchoate.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

They were responding to Sitting Bull’s message to gather and talk about the encroachment of the white people.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

They are also blocked by motorcycles, swallowed by parked cars, encroachments or excavated for utility works.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

Patrolling has also reduced small-scale encroachments, but infrastructure projects including multiple dams are still driving deforestation.

From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026

Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

To see his encroachments on the free press spoken of in the language of liberty and freedom is especially cynical.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2025

And while I can’t say I know her that well, Jupiter Charity-Sanchez doesn’t seem the type to take kindly to encroachments upon her territory.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone


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