Entrenches

Word ENTRENCHES
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Definitions and meanings of "Entrenches"

What do we mean by entrenches?

To dig or excavate a trench; to trench.

To surround or provide with a trench, especially for defense; to dig in.

To establish a substantial position in business, politics, etc.

To invade; to encroach; to infringe or trespass; to enter on, and take possession of, that which belongs to another; usually followed by on or upon.

To cut in; to furrow; to make trenches in or upon.

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The word "entrenches" in example sentences

Instead, it entrenches the harmful policies responsible for escalating prices of medical care and insurance. ❋ Brian T. Schwartz (2010)

Malawian men have primary access to land and household assets, which entrenches women's financial dependence. ❋ Chi Mgbako (2010)

Forbidding public discussion on the monarchy only entrenches the political crisis. ❋ Patrick Jory (2011)

If that sounds like chill praise, it's not: Blaser's new collected the first came out in 1993 further entrenches him as a seminal figure in postwar North American poetry. ❋ Seth Abramson (2011)

But if expected U.S. membership transforms the East Asia Summit into the region's principal security institution, clumsy and impatient Chinese diplomacy will have contributed to the rise of a multilateralism that largely entrenches an extended U. S.-led network of security alliances and partnerships. ❋ John Lee (2010)

This is not only auto-dependent, oil-shock vulnerable and ethically challenged in terms of climate -- it entrenches those things. forevergreen ❋ Unknown (2010)

The proximity of these incidents to the capital further entrenches the impression that the government's writ does not extend outside of Kabul. ❋ Erin Fitzgerald (2011)

But like every other immigration reform package that's been introduced in recent years, it further entrenches a deportation system that's indiscriminately sweeping up more people than ever before in American history. ❋ Seth Freed Wessler (2010)

But it does little to control costs and it entrenches the power of the profiteers who make reform necessary. ❋ Andrew Levine (2010)

The more liberal elites reject it, the more it entrenches itself. ❋ David Roberts (2011)

More broadly, appealing to self-interest entrenches the traditional position that national interests should generally predominate over ethical conduct. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If a society is deeply racist, the institutions that structure interactions will likely reflect this fact, recreating the hierarchies, so that increased interactions only entrenches them further. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He called for an individual right to own guns before it was cool; he would return control over abortion to the states; and he allows for more religion in the public square—but only because the Constitution entrenches a vision of limited government, broad economic and political freedoms, and a vibrant civil society. ❋ John Yoo (2011)

It also enriches and entrenches the private health care industry, which has largely been responsible for the health care crisis in the first place. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This bill moves us away from that goal and entrenches the current system of private insurers. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A murder raises some great issues about culpability and, at the same time, poses a mystery that entrenches you within the story. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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