establish
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Agents will establish their citizenship and “promptly let the individual go.”
From Salon • May 24, 2026
So to keep him focused, the board issued him one billion shares contingent on his ability to establish “a permanent human colony on Mars with at least one million inhabitants.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Elma helped him recruit Christians to establish the Edinburgh branch and he would stay at her home about once a month when he came to host services.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The investor buys an out-of-the-money, or OTM, put to establish a price floor and provide insurance against a heavy share-price drop.
From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026
As we have seen, to establish an equal-protection violation, one must prove intentional discrimination—conscious racial bias.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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