take root

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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

"I see it as a staged process. I don't see it as something that, necessarily, in a popular sense, will take root until long after the bombing is over."

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025

The work there has included arranging bales of straw on the sand, which has enabled native shrubs to take root and begin to keep down the blowing dust.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2025

“If you take each problem a step at a time,” he continues, “you’ll grow the answer organically. The process will take root in your brain. This is true learning.”

From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty