take root
Example Sentences
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It would take years, economists and business leaders say, to reorient global patterns of trade that took decades to take root.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Efforts to encourage investing in Japan, where many have long kept a big chunk of their wealth in deposit accounts, have been slow to take root.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
A culture of reputational defensiveness was able to take root, and false narratives were re-run.
From BBC • Sep. 15, 2025
He said he agrees with the Tachi Yokut Tribe that restoring part of the lake would improve life in the valley and allow its original ecosystem to take root again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
I felt the sadness growing inside me, and if I thought about what this meant, that sadness would take root and never leave.
From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller
