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Yet several studies have found that new hires can struggle to perform effectively, and can often take two to three years to fully establish themselves at a new employer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Federal officers are checking border crossings to establish if Bolsonaro may have travelled to neighbouring Argentina, according to a police source consulted by BBC News Brasil.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
For now, the findings establish that even a tiny jumping spider can experience a surprisingly complex form of sleep.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
To win, a plaintiff must establish a concrete injury and persuade a judge to intervene.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Clinton had ordered Cornwallis to establish a stronghold in Virginia.
From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen
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Discounts and booking terms can complicate comparisons, and none of these tests establishes that the AI commission caused the price gap.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
Trading cards and other collectibles are verified and assigned condition grades by PSA, which establishes their value and protects them by assigning serial numbers and certification information.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
The lawsuit argues that this establishes negligence under Philippine law.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The atlas also establishes a detailed reference for healthy mouse brain tissue.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
But once a science establishes itself it becomes, to a remarkable degree, autonomous, immune to influence from other fields.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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The Philadelphia Eagles established themselves as one of the NFL’s pre-eminent franchises in recent years by assembling a collection of talent that most other teams simply couldn’t compete with.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
The Solar Rights Act, established in the 1970s, was key to resolving conflicts between HOAs and their members and paving the way for solar installations as interest in rooftop panels surged in the 2000s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
For example, investors earlier this year broadly dumped software stocks as they worried that AI would be able to create inexpensive replacements for established software.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
In Federalist No. 51, James Madison argued that maintaining the balance established by the separation of powers depended on the ambitions of public officials coming into conflict.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
Settling in Georgia, he established his own machinery business, married, and had five children.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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"The US military is establishing a capability there," Marchan said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
"Every plug planted brings us one step closer to establishing a thriving meadow," said Michael de Whalley, the cabinet member for climate change and biodiversity at the authority.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
The film takes its time establishing Matt as a grateful and humble fellow who remains grounded by his modest beginnings.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Much of the matter in these early episodes is assigned to establishing the potato-potahto dichotomy of their hastily entered relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
It was almost November, but the junior high school teachers were still out of the city establishing revolutionary ties, and no one could enroll us new students.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
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