entrenchment
Example Sentences
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr noted inflation remains near 3%, risking entrenchment, and warned against ignoring energy price shocks.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
One can see the attraction for writers: the insular setting, the acceptance of eccentricity, the entrenchment of the otherwise unemployable, and the ease by which one can lampoon social trends.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
More broadly, we found that the origin of the dish is linked to a particular period in history — the entrenchment of colonial rule in West Africa.
From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023
China’s increasing economic entrenchment in Africa is also motivating the U.S. to deepen ties.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023
The pony-carriage was drawn up under an ancient hawthorn tree, whose gnarled and twisted trunk, slow in growth, may have witnessed the formation of the entrenchment on the hill by the Britons themselves.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
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