entrenched
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The FDA has long had an entrenched culture of bureaucratic control, but biotech firms say it has become worse this past year.
Now, they’re entrenched as the franchise quarterbacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions, respectively.
China isn’t directly challenging oil pricing, in which the dollar remains deeply entrenched.
From Barron's
Nepal votes Thursday for a new parliament, six months after deadly anti-corruption protests toppled the government -- a high-stakes showdown between an entrenched old guard and a powerful youth movement.
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It is unlikely any complex multinational would suddenly walk away from a system as entrenched as Salesforce, he said.
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