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establish

[ih-stab-lish] / ɪˈstæb lɪʃ /




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Because the investigation examined samples from only six patients, additional research will be needed to confirm the findings and establish whether the identified immune cells can reliably predict future episodes.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

The country’s best teams took the field Saturday to establish their championship bona fides.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Public records, obituaries, and census data build that map so Othram's scientists can establish how different family trees connect.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

It will fund workshops to assess the results produced by AI and establish standards for its use.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The social and technological process by which we establish facts becomes invisible to us because we naturalize it.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

The analogy establishes a telling connection between “The Brightness” and its predecessor, Mr. Harbach’s wonderful 2011 debut, “The Art of Fielding.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

But once a science establishes itself it becomes, to a remarkable degree, autonomous, immune to influence from other fields.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

He details an early CD release party at length, where the more established Kid Rock showed up to lend support to the emerging rapper.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

The embrace from established musicians has definitely helped the band navigate its rise.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

They also offer a more precise way to check whether established physical theories accurately describe the Universe during its first few minutes.

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

Miss Bennet’s lovely face confirmed his views, and established all his strictest notions of what was due to seniority; and for the first evening she was his settled choice.

From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

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

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

The ride-hailing company is establishing a new chauffeuring brand, dubbed Alcove, that caters to demand for full days of executive travel between client meetings, conferences and flights, Chief Executive David Risher said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal ● 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

His own father had been one of Seattle’s most prominent pioneers, establishing a large homestead in the city’s Ravenna Park area, just north of the university.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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