entrenched
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A change like this would normally be a disaster for an up-and-coming industry competing against entrenched electricity sources like coal and natural gas.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
A change like this would normally be a disaster for an up-and-coming industry competing against entrenched electricity sources like coal and natural gas.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
The central bank would ultimately need to act later in the year to prevent higher inflation expectations from becoming entrenched, ANZ said, despite growth momentum staying weak.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
In Nottingham, there was an entrenched culture where perhaps a small number of relatively of senior people were feared by others.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026
Shorthand terms are unobjectionable, indeed indispensable, when a term has become entrenched in the community one is writing for.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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