How to Use the establishment in a Sentence
the establishment
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The only entrance to the establishment would be from the new South 43rd Street driveway near the west end of the site.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024
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For a while, the establishment held the line against outsiders.
—Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
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The right-hander takes drivers past the front of the establishment.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 22 May 2025
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But there was an upside to the lack of approval from the establishment.
—Jim Windolf, New York Times, 23 July 2025
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Xi’s break with the establishment has been a long time coming.
—Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2023
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How much did your DJ work inform the establishment of this world?
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2023
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Boot sides with the establishment and so likes the pliable Reagan best.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
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Outsiders a decade earlier, PSG and Qatar were now at the heart of the establishment.
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 30 May 2025
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He was pulled over after leaving the establishment to drive to his friend's house.
—Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
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Epshteyn agreed to a plea deal that required him to avoid contact with the victim and barred him from going back to the establishment.
—Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023
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The bad weather shuts down power to the local bar, and at the same time, the establishment starts to run low on Budweiser.
—Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
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Herzl’s vision laid the groundwork for the establishment of the state of Israel.
—Adam L. Rovner, The Conversation, 29 Apr. 2025
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Wednesday was also the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Space Force.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
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The manager of the store told the outlet that the boy entered the establishment covered in blood and said his younger brother could not breathe.
—Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
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As the story goes, the duo wondered why the establishment wouldn't keep the server in the kitchen to avoid customers seeing her injury.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
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The exhibition will take place on Level 2 of the establishment’s gallery and in the outdoor Plaza.
—Keyaira Boone, Essence, 17 June 2025
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Jolie was captured exiting the establishment in a black dress that featured cutouts on the side.
—Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023
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Then the rookie who the establishment overlooked impressed by winning his first game as a fill-in starter.
—Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
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This state can trace its roots back to the Maryland Colony, founded in 1632; that’s a century and a half before the establishment of the United States.
—James Pinkerton, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
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In the carousel, a crowd and news cameras gathered in front of the establishment as people recorded the historic moment on their cell phones.
—Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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Still, Shinawatra will have to be careful not to irk the establishment.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
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While the children were raised by the Lutheran sisters who ran the establishment, their father worked as a groundskeeper.
—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
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If George was a man who aspired to be part of the establishment, Rosset was the exact opposite.
—Thomas Harding, Town & Country, 29 Aug. 2023
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The puerile hasn’t confabbed with the establishment so much as replaced it, with the latter’s permission.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
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The owner told The Star on Thursday, July 10, that the establishment was waiting on its liquor license.
—Eleanor Nash july 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2025
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And why The Barricades, a name that conjures up images of street battles against the establishment?
—Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
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Some Democrats do support the establishment of the debt commission.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
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New York is once again home, but Arden is too much a maverick to fall into the establishment trap.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2025
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Tell the manager of the establishment from where the animals are being sold.
—Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
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However, back on the planet Earth, the Israeli government’s firm opposition to the establishment of a Palestinian state makes the odds of this occurring beyond steep.
—Daniel Depetris, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
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