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

Support from the U.S. government and multilateral financial institutions such as the Inter-American Development Bank helped the industry take root.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 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

In a feebler, curious state, falsehoods can take root while truth slips through our hands, and vice versa.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 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