the establishment

noun

: the part of a particular group that has power or control

His novels were disliked by the literary establishment.

the medical establishment

Examples of the establishment in a Sentence

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The Democratic senator from Massachusetts is a lawyer by training but is best known as a consumer advocate and was instrumental in the establishment of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which is intended to protect people from fraud. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Sep. 2026

What was needed was someone who was about as far as possible from the establishment and its blast radius. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

The federal gas tax has not been suspended since the establishment of the Highway Trust Fund in 1956. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

These prejudices, combined with the establishment of Italian churches and feasts, led to the belief that Italian immigrants clung too strongly to the traditions of their homeland and refused to assimilate into American culture. — Clare Whitton, The Conversation, 17 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the establishment

• disestablishment
• reestablishment