entrench
Example Sentences
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The Justice Department has been looking at whether Netflix’s planned Warner deal could entrench its market power or lead to a monopoly, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
Without human capability, industrial capabilities, and credible institutions, mineral wealth can entrench dependency rather than reduce it.
From Barron's
"We didn't let the enemy entrench in the grey zone and we stopped their storm groups," he said.
From BBC
In a January essay, he detailed concerns that bad actors could use AI to mount devastating biological attacks, and that authoritarian regimes could use it to entrench their power.
It entrenched a rivalry between the two families that would define the country's politics for decades.
From Barron's
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