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entrenched

[en-trencht] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃt /
ADJECTIVE
established
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Eurovision's vast archives rack up millions of views on YouTube, with performances that have become entrenched in popular culture.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Out went an entrenched bureaucracy, store managers were given greater responsibility for how their stores looked, and older stores were marked for remodeling.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

From BBC • May 3, 2026

Even Microsoft, with its large and entrenched user base, hasn’t been immune from the gloomy sentiment.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

He’d been a young man in the 1940s when he first joined the African National Congress and began boldly challenging the all-white South African government and its entrenched racist policies.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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