entrenched

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“When the war started, bears warned that it would lead to higher inflation that could become entrenched in the economy, so longer-term bond yields had started moving up back then,” she added.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

Underscoring the country’s new psyche, school choice is now deeply entrenched in Sweden, with broad backing among parents and within both the current center-right government and center-left opposition Social Democratic Party.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

With his ambitions for TV limited by entrenched local network affiliates, Turner expanded his independent station’s reach across the South and then the U.S. by embracing the new technologies of cable and satellite broadcasting.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

These were no longer temporary formations but had become entrenched institutions within their communities, the report said.

From BBC • May 3, 2026

In England the fact not only became linguistically commonplace; it also became institutionally entrenched, for the Royal Society’s official aim was to establish new facts.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton