entrench
Example Sentences
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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.
From Barron's
It is unlikely any complex multinational would suddenly walk away from a system as entrenched as Salesforce, he said.
“It also ignores the resilience of entrenched authoritarian systems like the Islamic Republic.”
What Ray perceives as unexamined thinking and entrenched prejudice is, along with a clear warning about climate change, very present in “Burn the Water.”
From Los Angeles Times
“Reform at this scale will test entrenched interests, and it will not move in a straight line.”
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
