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past tense of establish
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as in proved
to gain full recognition or acceptance of a first novel that established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation

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adjective

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Recent Examples of established
Verb
That tantalizing possibility just isn’t as likely at an established brand. Dave Smith, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025 With James Maddison set to miss at least a large chunk of the 2025-26 season after sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury on Spurs’ pre-season tour, and no hint of a return date yet given for Dejan Kulusevski after his own knee injury, Tottenham are without an established No 10. Elias Burke, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Use a car dealership that is well established in your community. Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2025 Murillo has established himself as one of the brightest prospects in the top flight after his £11million move from Corinthians in August 2023. Paul Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for established
Recent Examples of Synonyms for established
Verb
  • This experience proved to me that predictive AI is a fundamental shift in marketing.
    Dr. Bin Tang, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Saturday’s game against Georgia proved that Aguilar and Tennessee’s offense are ready to go toe-to-toe with any defense in the country.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Last year demonstrated that late September and early October can be an active period for tropical development, with multiple threats that may be high-impact and potentially devastating.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The team successfully demonstrated the system’s ability to quickly store and retrieve a digital image, proving its functionality for fast, large-scale data storage.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Gemini was founded by the Winklevoss twins in 2014 and holds more than $21 billion of assets on its platform as of the end of July.
    Tanaya Macheel, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025
  • France’s Fifth Republic, founded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, was designed to end the chronic instability that had plagued the Third and Fourth Republics earlier in the 20th century.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Howe’s first-choice midfield of Sandro Tonali, Bruno Guimaraes and Joelinton was both very settled and very, very good.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Among confirmed titles are the studies of democracy and the democratic process.
    Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
  • If 42 days passes without a confirmed infection, that chain of contagiousness is generally considered broken, explains Gabriel Benavidez, an epidemiologist at Baylor University in Texas.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Video of the fatal attack showed Kirk speaking to a large crowd of people on the university campus as a shot rings out.
    Richard Hall, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk was addressing a crowd of thousands of people at an outdoor event at the campus in Oren, Utah, when video showed a bullet hitting him in the neck area.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Haas have not initiated a Right of Review appeal within the 96-hour window available to all teams in such matters, following the Monza race last Sunday.
    Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
  • In the last quarter, the partnership has facilitated recovery of more than 26,600 kilograms of textiles from 23 hotels and initiated conversations with 12 hotel groups in Delhi.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Our administration must remain steadfast in ensuring that those who put in the work receive the benefits of their efforts.
    Ruth Vitale, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The engineering professor is steadfast that nearly all jobs will be taken over by AI—even most of the ones that have a special human touch, like teachers and car drivers.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Established.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/established. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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