- present participle of establish.
establishing
Example Sentences
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State officials have been in talks with Fenix Space, an orbital launch company based in California that has expressed interest in establishing a launch site on the island.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
He later declined to seek a third presidential term, establishing the two-term tradition eventually written into the Constitution.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
The legislation establishing a right to assisted dying for some adults suffering from an incurable condition was passed by parliament in July after years of debate.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Charles has certainly done that, establishing himself as a key player for Michael O'Neill, who returned as manager later in 2022 to replace Baraclough.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Thomson, Ernest Rutherford’s mentor, discovered the electron in 1897, thereby establishing that atoms were divisible into even smaller particles—“corpuscles,” he called them.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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