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entrenchment

[en-trench-muhnt] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃ mənt /








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In our view, Oracle’s business should be more resilient than other software names facing artificial-intelligence disintermediation from vertically integrated customer entrenchment, and providing the compute for AI.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

One can see the attraction for writers: the insular setting, the acceptance of eccentricity, the entrenchment of the otherwise unemployable, and the ease by which one can lampoon social trends.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The success of the rice promotion strategy resulted in the entrenchment of an economy that became increasingly dependent on crops preferred by the colonizers.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2023

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

From Seattle Times • Jan. 19, 2023

The opposite sandbank too, was occupied in force by the Burmese, who held our former entrenchment, and one or two small stockades.

From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by Johnstone, James Johnstone, chevalier de