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establish

[ih-stab-lish] / ɪˈstæb lɪʃ /




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UC San Diego helped establish the observatory, and Brian Keating, a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the university, serves as its principal investigator.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

In 2020 its supreme court eliminated Rule 5.4 and allowed law firms to establish “alternative business structures” that can accept equity investments from nonlawyers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The bill would establish a 20% federal tax credit on U.S. labor for eligible film and TV productions, including post-production and visual effects work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

That distinction matters, especially because the research didn’t establish that anyone’s personal habits were being used against them.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

And for Miig, I could see why it was doubly important to establish nationhood.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

The new evidence establishes that at least some of the ice is considerably older than the Holocene.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 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 analogy establishes a telling connection between “The Brightness” and its predecessor, Mr. Harbach’s wonderful 2011 debut, “The Art of Fielding.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Neither figure establishes the savings on Microsoft’s total bill.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

"Once the water starts flowing in the new channel,” Woods said, "it is almost impossible to put it back in the old as the new channel rapidly downcuts and establishes itself.”

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

The Telegraph says the "break with established government policy" would look at making the investments in African and Caribbean countries.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The breakthrough established that neutrinos were real, but detecting them remained an enormous challenge.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

By then, he was much better established and able to commission Muppets creator Jim Henson to create life sized dolls, rather than borrow dolls from the Museum of Childhood.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The identities of two slave women featured in the exhibition have been established.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

For the first time since Valentin Markov had established the tradition, they landed without their low-level victory pass over the airfield.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The traditional method for establishing cause of death — an autopsy—did not and could not identify any particular substance as the but-for cause of death.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

He made 21 La Liga appearances in 2025-26 out of a possible 38, with 14 starts, as injuries and a lack of continuity prevented Alexander-Arnold from establishing himself as a regular presence.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

The Chinese carmaker also plans an expansion to Canada next year, and has begun establishing a retail and service network in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

"The US military is establishing a capability there," Marchan said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Tolstoy, of course, as an omniscient narrator, also provides a running commentary, establishing what it was that the combatants were all, willy-nilly, conspiring to bring about.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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