take root
Example Sentences
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It would take years, economists and business leaders say, to reorient global patterns of trade that took decades to take root.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 19, 2026
Efforts to encourage investing in Japan, where many have long kept a big chunk of their wealth in deposit accounts, have been slow to take root.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
He said he agrees with the Tachi Yokut Tribe that restoring part of the lake would improve life in the valley and allow its original ecosystem to take root again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 3, 2025
"I see it as a staged process. I don't see it as something that, necessarily, in a popular sense, will take root until long after the bombing is over."
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
Removed and replaced every bit of dirt just so, in hopes that they might take root in this place.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
