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entrenched

[en-trencht] / ɛnˈtrɛntʃt /
ADJECTIVE
established
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Also: Discourse is gone, and people are just entrenched — they’re looking for something and not exactly finding it.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026

Governing such a state requires balancing competing interests, navigating entrenched divisions and, yes, making decisions that will inevitably anger one side or the other.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2026

"They are not monsters - they are just regular people we encounter in our daily lives. Patriarchy is so deeply entrenched that most people are not even aware they are being misogynistic," he says.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

After nearly 100 years in business, IBM’s software and hardware are entrenched “across the most critical points of the world’s largest, most complex IT infrastructures.”

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

The value of high school football was deeply entrenched.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger




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