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entrenchment

[en-trench-muhnt] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt /








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“Preventing this entrenchment is where monetary policy has a primary role to play—through its influence on inflation expectations rather than through blunt demand compression.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr noted inflation remains near 3%, risking entrenchment, and warned against ignoring energy price shocks.

From Barron's ● Mar. 27, 2026

The constitutional entrenchment of slavery also allowed Marshall to buy and sell slaves.

From Salon ● Dec. 16, 2023

China’s increasing economic entrenchment in Africa is also motivating the U.S. to deepen ties.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Two cows were toiling peacefully up and down an entrenchment, drawing water in skins over a rough windlass; the skins emptied themselves into a channel, and the water wandered about in vaguely directed irrigation.

From By Desert Ways to Baghdad by Louisa Jebb




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