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[ih-stab-lish] / ɪˈstæb lɪʃ /




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Formula 1's owner Liberty Media has been looking to establish a race in Africa since it took over the sport in 2017.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Vanguard CIOs are more likely to establish stopping rules at two points in the life cycle—pilots and production—said Alicia Mullery, VP analyst at Gartner.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Known as quantum emitters, these tiny systems can produce single particles of light called photons, store quantum information, and help establish quantum connections between distant systems.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Elsewhere in Los Angeles, efforts to establish or enforce anti-camping zones have received pushback.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

Dionysus came to Thebes to establish his worship there.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The current publication establishes the theoretical framework for fractional Fermi seas.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

Neither figure establishes the savings on Microsoft’s total bill.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

The heavy institutional buying establishes a firm price floor, he says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Immediately, Cregger establishes a camera that follows closely behind Bryan, a similar motif to the cinematography he used in “Weapons.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

He establishes that “pride” was at the root of his downfall, hints at the pathos of what he’s lost, and appears unexpectedly generous to the God he might reasonably be expected to curse.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

Disc Two focuses on a quintet Mr. Holland established in 1997, and that toured extensively until 2010.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

During the early days of the bull market, Citrini established its reputation by correctly anticipating several popular investment themes, from AI to the advent of GLP-1s.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Instead of starting from scratch, the immune system appears to reactivate an established inflammatory response.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

By the time Kim Il Sung died in 1994, the succession plan was firmly established.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

After these facts were established, a joint commission cut Canada’s claim by over eighty-five percent.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

Subsequent environmental testing strengthened that evidence, without conclusively establishing how the contamination occurred.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

After producing tetraploid cells from human cancer cells and establishing colonies derived from individual cells, he noticed that the resulting groups were not all the same size.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

A little tern colony has experienced its toughest breeding season since establishing themselves at a site.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

She also said becoming a mother after establishing her career would allow her to “really sink in and be present” with her children.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

“The ones we spent a lot of time establishing as a department.”

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan


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