How to Use the establishment in a Sentence

the establishment

noun
  • 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
  • For a while, the establishment held the line against outsiders.
    Corey Robin, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Xi’s break with the establishment has been a long time coming.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2023
  • How much did your DJ work inform the establishment of this world?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Boot sides with the establishment and so likes the pliable Reagan best.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • He was pulled over after leaving the establishment to drive to his friend's house.
    Njera Perkins, Peoplemag, 18 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wednesday was also the fourth anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Space Force.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 21 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Jolie was captured exiting the establishment in a black dress that featured cutouts on the side.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 26 Mar. 2023
  • Then the rookie who the establishment overlooked impressed by winning his first game as a fill-in starter.
    Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Still, Shinawatra will have to be careful not to irk the establishment.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • And why The Barricades, a name that conjures up images of street battles against the establishment?
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Some Democrats do support the establishment of the debt commission.
    Kevin Freking, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Tell the manager of the establishment from where the animals are being sold.
    Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 May 2024
  • Per the establishment, the new additions — a female and a male — were born on July 12 to first-time mother Diana.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 29 July 2023
  • By 2018, Ocasio-Cortez had felled one of the most powerful party bosses in New York, a sign that the left could win its battles against the establishment.
    Ross Barkan, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Friedman played a crucial role in the establishment of the American embassy in Jerusalem.
    Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Though Kenya offered to lead this mission, plans were put on hold last month pending the establishment of a new Haitian government.
    Reuters, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Another employee in the front of the establishment used the phone and then put on mitts to work with bread without washing her hands between tasks.
    Michael Braga, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2024
  • That earthquake led to the establishment of the modern building codes that incorporate the risks of earthquakes.
    Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The message was clear – that language evolves, despite the establishment’s best efforts to control it.
    Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
  • During your time at the establishment, there will be plenty of traditional pub fare to chow down on.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2023
  • With the chef Kazuhito Motoyoshi at the helm, the establishment is focused on elevating and innovating with tempura.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2024
  • This coincided with the establishment of the safe-space program, which has activities similar to a traditional classroom’s.
    Kate Okorie, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2024

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