entrenched

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On Tuesday, the eSafety commissioner said the reform was "unwinding 20 years of entrenched social media practices".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

“I was so entrenched in why women commit acts of crime,” Alloway said, adding that she was disappointed to find that revenge films on the subject still often revolved around men.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

In addition, the “gamification” of stock markets, where betting on “beats” and “misses” in earnings reports can result in big gains or losses, becomes more deeply entrenched.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

Now, they’re entrenched as the franchise quarterbacks for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

That night Finny began to talk abstractedly about it, as though it were a venerable, entrenched institution of the Devon School.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles