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also intrench
as in to imbed
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
a father who entrenched in our minds the belief that hard work pays off
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Recent Examples of entrench
While Judge is firmly entrenched as the Yankees’ right fielder, LeMahieu’s first spring game will also be his first chance to make a statement on the club’s third base competition.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
With the egg industry firmly entrenched as the marquee business of Petaluma – Marht said approximately 90% of residents contributed to commercial egg production – the city leaned into its image through the promotional flash and flare of Bert Kerrigan, secretary of Petaluma’s Chamber of Commerce.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Republicans' latest revamping effort comes as Medicaid expansion has become entrenched in most states — and their budgets — over the past decade.
—Phil Galewitz, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The country’s economy is tottering and reliant on IMF bailouts, while the powerful military is entrenched in every aspect of life, according to its critics.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2025
With the egg industry firmly entrenched as the marquee business of Petaluma – Marht said approximately 90% of residents contributed to commercial egg production – the city leaned into its image through the promotional flash and flare of Bert Kerrigan, secretary of Petaluma’s Chamber of Commerce.
—Chase Hunter, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Republicans' latest revamping effort comes as Medicaid expansion has become entrenched in most states — and their budgets — over the past decade.
—Phil Galewitz, NPR, 20 Feb. 2025
The country’s economy is tottering and reliant on IMF bailouts, while the powerful military is entrenched in every aspect of life, according to its critics.
—Sophia Saifi, CNN, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for entrench
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For the show, the duo built an office space embedded with silicone paintings full of chivalric symbols: the mirror, the castle, the knight, the enchanted woods.—
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei,
ARTnews.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Fusion is embedded in The Kitchen’s DNA, most notably through its Passport To series, where guests embark on a global culinary journey.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Popovich will try to return to the sidelines next season and everyone will be heavily rooting to his return.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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That conviction was rooted largely in the testimony of Justin Sneed, an adolescent maintenance man, who beat Van Treese to death with a baseball bat.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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Italian immigrants most likely brought it to the United States in the 19th century and established it in California in the late 1800s.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The actress established her career with major roles in Corrina, Corrina (1994) and Waterworld (1995) before Mars and Napoleon Dynamite (2004) introduced her to new audiences.—
Sezin Koehler,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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An ethics violation has been lodged against the former CalRecycle director.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Mar. 2025
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The indictment charged a total of nine counts, including a main bribery conspiracy count lodged against each of the four defendants.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Mar. 2025
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While Waymo has already put driverless vehicles on the road in cities including Los Angeles and San Francisco, industry experts say Tesla is still far from offering a robotaxi service.—
Sandra McDonald,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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From the far side of the moon, outside of regular communications range, the lander will perform a descent trajectory burn to shrink its orbit and put it on a flight path toward its landing site.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
6 Mar. 2025
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Barrett’s initial greeting is ingrained in Painter’s mind.—
Matt Gelb,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Second time around Where President Joe Biden responded to national exhaustion with Trump after the Republican’s first term by trying to stay off Americans’ screens and out of their lives as much as possible, Trump has ingrained himself in the national culture.—
Zac Anderson,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Zetterlund addition should impact Perron’s place but the Senators have options.—
Julian McKenzie,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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Employee layoffs at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) could impact the timely return of tax refunds and other services, experts have said.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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For now, these dissenters represent the best hope that a grassroots movement might instill some energy into the moribund and, frankly, embarrassing Democratic Party.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Being an athlete instills different morals in you than other people have.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Entrench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/entrench. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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