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entrenchment

[en-trench-muhnt] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt /








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Economics at Fitch Ratings, called the new tariffs more entrenchment than escalation.

From Barron's Jun. 3, 2026

“Preventing this entrenchment is where monetary policy has a primary role to play—through its influence on inflation expectations rather than through blunt demand compression.”

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

The strikes are part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity conflict whose goal is to slow down Iran's growing entrenchment in Syria, Israeli and regional military experts say.

From Reuters Sep. 13, 2023

The success of the rice promotion strategy resulted in the entrenchment of an economy that became increasingly dependent on crops preferred by the colonizers.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2023

Could a delicate girl live so long in another such Inferno at Lucknow as he had seen in Wheeler’s abandoned entrenchment at Cawnpore?

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy




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