How to Use establishment in a Sentence

establishment

noun
  • His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.
  • These are the 50 establishments in the United States that excite us most right now.
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2023
  • And in the case of food establishments, like most sports, the first line of defense are the players in the game, which are the industry that produces the products.
    USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2024
  • That’s because the soccer establishment did its best to bury it.
    Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Both teams have played in every World Cup since its establishment in 1991.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Any establishment that offers a free glass of prosecco while waiting for your seat is top-notch in my book, but the food sealed the deal.
    Lauren Breedlove, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Trump’s affection for LIV can be traced, at least in part, to years of friction with golf’s establishment.
    Alan Blinder Doug Mills, New York Times, 25 May 2023
  • Another must visit establishment is the Red Room, a stylish bar where all the artwork is red and is made by female artists.
    Sherrie Nachman, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Palm Springs also has a foodie scene, and many of the finest establishments offer patio dining under the stars.
    Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The literary establishment did not quite know what to make of Vonnegut, either.
    Susan Farrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2023
  • As with any old-school donut establishment, Coco has all the essentials: simple raised and glazed, chewy old-fashioned, and so on.
    Zoe Baillargeon, Bon Appétit, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The number of video gambling establishments currently in the village was one of the topics in the municipal election in the spring.
    Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • Black chefs and restauranteurs eagerly invite you to their establishments to sit down and feast or grab food to go.
    Essence, 4 Dec. 2023
  • But rebel factions were active in Al-Rastan, and Mustafa was known to have urged them not to destroy any public establishments.
    Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2023
  • What each of the candidates had in common was that none sat well with the political establishment.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2023
  • The Turkish establishment views playing great powers against each other as a means of achieving this goal.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • In renderings, these establishments look like giant gears with rooms in their cogs.
    Kim Tingley, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Every one of the hotel's nine dining establishments was packed.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 July 2023
  • The menu at Saltz Restaurant, the all-day dining establishment, takes a straightforward approach to high-end cuisine.
    Annie Archer, Travel + Leisure, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Just be sure not to complain about higher prices in establishments with no-tipping policies.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Manet made no such attempts, choosing instead to subvert the rules that the 19th-century establishment held dear.
    Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Both her record label and the critical establishment seemed unsure where to place her music.
    Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Like Trump, even the more establishment candidates can't seem to avoid embracing the anti-vaccine leanings of the party's base.
    Darius Tahir, CBS News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Davis says that people know the important place an establishment like BEM holds in the community.
    Tonya Abari, Essence, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The full-service establishment at the corner of Biddle and Oak offers cocktails, craft beers and a menu with abundant offerings.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 12 July 2023
  • To get there, rights campaigns often had to fight both the Democratic and the Republican establishments.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • It was seen as the hipper, edgier alternative to entrenched establishment clubs like Annabel’s and White’s.
    Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Hotel du Couvent, while set to be a more low-key option to the many grand seafront establishments built on the famous French Riviera, will be no less luxurious.
    Sarah Rappaport, Fortune Europe, 5 Jan. 2024
  • But calling in the Rangers indicates that the military establishment is behind the arrest, or at the very least certainly approves of it.
    Ayesha Jalal, Fortune, 10 May 2023
  • Advertisement But the scale and timing of Sunday’s blast shocked the Pakistani establishment.
    Rick Noack, Washington Post, 31 July 2023

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