entrenchment
Example Sentences
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Economics at Fitch Ratings, called the new tariffs more entrenchment than escalation.
From Barron's ● Jun. 3, 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
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
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 Richard Jefferies