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establishment

[ih-stab-lish-muhnt] / ɪˈstæb lɪʃ mənt /




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In 2000, the year before 9/11, Windows on the World—the glamorous dining establishment in the North Tower of the World Trade Center—was the highest-grossing restaurant in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

“Evidence shows that the business, marketed to male customers, had a high volume of men entering the establishment over a short period of time each day,” the D.A.’s office said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Those, however, were much more quotidian in nature—slices of pie, humble shoes—and circumvented the traditional gallery-to-collector pipeline, with Oldenburg thumbing his nose at the commercialized art establishment.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

She has also called the establishment of No10 North a "gimmick".

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Kuru was on its way to exterminating New Guinea’s Foré tribe of 20,000 people, until the establishment of Australian government control around 1959 ended cannibalism and thereby the transmission of kuru.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The change means businesses will no longer be required to let people use physical ID, but the government contends most establishments would.

From BBC Sep. 14, 2026

Members of the Moneyist Facebook Group also suggest remembering the staff in your 24-hour bonanza at these two establishments.

From MarketWatch Sep. 11, 2026

The case against Rocha Moya and his alleged confederates sent shock waves through the country’s political and law enforcement establishments.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

By 2015, as smartphones became ubiquitous, competitors like Resy, Tock, Reserve and SevenRooms pitched slicker apps for customers and iPad interfaces for restaurants, along with better business terms and access to diner data for establishments.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 7, 2026

Then the buildings grow dark and a kind of decay sets in; poorer people move in as the rents fall, and small fringe businesses take the place of once flowering establishments.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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