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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

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

The strikes are part of an escalation of what has been a low-intensity conflict whose goal is to slow down Iran's growing entrenchment in Syria, Israeli and regional military experts say.

From Reuters Sep. 13, 2023

More broadly, we found that the origin of the dish is linked to a particular period in history — the entrenchment of colonial rule in West Africa.

From Salon Jan. 25, 2023

Before the siege commenced the British also occupied a strong palace called the Muchee Bhowun, standing outside the entrenchment and commanding the stone bridge across the river Goomtee.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy




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