establishes

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One of the oldest laws of parentage is the “marital presumption,” which automatically establishes a birth mother’s husband as the presumptive legal father, even if he is not a biological parent.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Mr. Ferrer establishes his familial credentials, naming himself as “the one person” his mother told everything to, “the one who saw what she was really like behind closed doors.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

To do this, he initially establishes Niall and Ruben's bond as "unbreakable, unshakable, for better or for worse".

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The committee had long followed a set of guidelines known as the Evidence to Recommendations framework, which establishes clear rules for how different types of evidence must be weighed and evaluated when making decisions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

The tiled floor establishes a spatial framework, although this is not maintained in the bodies of Mary and the angel or in the architecture.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton