entrench
US /ɛnˈtrɛntʃ/
・UK /ɪn'trentʃ/
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v.t.Transitive VerbTo make an opinion fixed so it is hard to change
There shouldn't be any reason to entrench you differently
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How covid-19 is boosting innovation | The Economist
- Digital learning looks likely to entrench social inequality in the post-pandemic world.
Digital learning looks likely to entrench social inequality in the post-pandemic world.
- Digital learning looks likely to entrench social inequality in the post-pandemic world.
Digital learning looks likely to entrench social inequality in the post-pandemic world.
Japanese overview (2025 update)
- Most typically they're used defensively to deter enemy raiding, but can also be used offensively to entrench a slow push, especially on team games.
Most typically they're used defensively to deter enemy raiding, but can also be used offensively to entrench a slow push, especially on team games.
- but can also be used offensively to entrench a slow push, especially on team games.
but can also be used offensively to entrench a slow push, especially on team games.
Debate: Are Trump's own words undermining negotiations?
- negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench, uh, rather than resolve deeper problems.
negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench, uh, rather than resolve deeper problems.
- negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench, uh, rather than resolve deeper problems.
negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench, uh, rather than resolve deeper problems.
David Cameron Full Speech: Britain and Europe - January 23rd, 2013
- At some stage in the next few years, the EU will need to agree on treaty change to make the changes needed for the long-term future of the euro and to entrench the diverse, competitive, democratically accountable Europe that we seek.
At some stage in the next few years, the EU will need to agree on treaty change to make the changes needed for the long-term future of the euro and to entrench the diverse, competitive, democratically accountable Europe that we seek.
- the long term future of the Euro and to entrench the diverse, competitive, democratically accountable
the long term future of the Euro and to entrench the diverse, competitive, democratically accountable
Bernie vs. Claude
- It just gives them more time to entrench their power and collect more data.
It just gives them more time to entrench their power and collect more data.
- It just gives them more time to entrench their power and collect more data.
It just gives them more time to entrench their power and collect more data.
Film & Literature: Crash Course Latin American Literature #12
- not the book, further entrench Cortazar's ideas, but with Antonioni's flair.
not the book, further entrench Cortazar's ideas, but with Antonioni's flair.
- As one film critic put it, the scenes that appear in the movie but not the book further entrench Cortázar's ideas, but
As one film critic put it, the scenes that appear in the movie but not the book further entrench Cortázar's ideas, but
LIVE: UN Security Council meets on Israeli West Bank settlements
- Gaza's recovery cannot be deferred nor pursued in ways that entrench displacement or fragmentation.
Gaza's recovery cannot be deferred nor pursued in ways that entrench displacement or fragmentation.
- These actions, as reinforced by the July 2024 advisory opinion of the ICJ and identified in Resolution 2334, have no legal validity and are a violation of international law as they continue to entrench the occupation and undermine the viability of the two-state solution.
These actions, as reinforced by the July 2024 advisory opinion of the ICJ and identified in Resolution 2334, have no legal validity and are a violation of international law as they continue to entrench the occupation and undermine the viability of the two-state solution.
Why you’re probably not doing your “dream job”
- So we entrench the inequality that already exists.
So we entrench the inequality that already exists.
Debating Trump's victory over Iran claim... from April to June
- negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench rather than resolve deeper problems.
negotiating team is pushing for a swift headline-grabbing framework for Iran that would entrench rather than resolve deeper problems.