entrenchment

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“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

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

The constitutional entrenchment of slavery also allowed Marshall to buy and sell slaves.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2023

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

He signed the treaty, the guns were given up, and, on the night of June 26th, peace reigned within the ruined entrenchment.

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