ESTABLISHING Synonyms: 109 Similar and Opposite Words

establishing

verb

present participle of establish

as in proving

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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as in demonstrating

to show the existence or truth of by evidence the developers haven't established that there's a need for another shopping center in town

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as in founding

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of established the first school in the town

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Recent Examples of establishing Most recently, the Los Padres National Forest issued an order, effective Friday night, establishing an emergency closure for the Monterey Ranger District. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 The expansion of settlements crisscrossing the West Bank threatened the hope of establishing a contiguous Palestinian state there. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026 In a Facebook post with nearly 500 likes and 40 comments as of Friday afternoon, the Gagnons spoke about their experience establishing the brewery and its part in the local community. — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2026 The association was primarily concerned about the potential danger of allowing consumers to purchase and install plug-in solar systems without establishing installation, maintenance or inspection standards. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have just returned to the UK, with the intention of now establishing a life closer to Harry’s royal family. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 28 Aug. 2026 In 2017, the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, establishing a permanent institution dedicated to preserving and presenting her work. — Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026 Israeli officials said the strikes intended to prevent Turkey from establishing a presence at the base. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 But language can reproduce the description of a mental state without establishing the existence of that mental state. — Hamilton Mann, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026

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Trump remains data-center booster amid bipartisan opposition The rapid expansion of data centers, which house networks and services for digital information and services, is proving to be the rare issue that cuts through party lines.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Under the convention the burden of proving that exclusion falls on the Fund, not the claimant, and Oman has three years to force the question in court.

— Charles Edward Gehrke, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026

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The next milestone will be moving beyond individual production lines and demonstrating that waste plastic-to-SAF systems can operate reliably, economically and at a scale to become a meaningful source of aviation fuel.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
McKenzie Wilson of Blue Rose Research, a Democratic data firm, said voters have called for sweeping changes in response to economic discontent, demonstrating a level of anger not seen in years.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026

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One person not surprised by Yancy’s win was Lauren Beth Gash, the founding chair of the Tenth Congressional District Democrats.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
But the dispute quickly escalated into a reputational crisis for the biennale, with artists from Taiwan and China condemning the name change as a betrayal of its founding ideals.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Aug. 2026

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And with oil prices showing no sign of returning to pre-Iran war levels this year, pressure is increasing on the Fed to combat that sticky inflation by raising interest rates at its next policy-setting meeting in September.

— Brian Cheung, NBC news, 28 Aug. 2026
An investor gazes at a share price board showing various stocks on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on August 25, 2015.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

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Police said at the time Shao was a passenger, on her way home from a trip, when Reyes-Vargas drove into oncoming traffic to get around a traffic jam, initiating a head-on collision.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
Interim Police Chief Doug Brinkley issued an executive order May 20 barring officers from initiating pursuits solely for minor traffic offenses or city ordinance violations unless something increases the seriousness of the incident.

— Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of initiating

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That’s when parents might want to consider introducing them to the PG-13 movie, a film designed to meet the needs of tweens and teens without going too far into grown-up territory.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
He is best known for introducing the idea of dynamical similarity to cosmological systems — a mathematical realization of philosophical principles in physics.

— Big Think, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of introducing

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The crane also has a pioneering electric direct-drive system that can convert electric power directly into motion.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
For three decades, in an increasingly noisy and stress-filled world, Miraval Arizona has embraced its philosophy of Life in Balance, pioneering the concept of transformative wellbeing through mindfulness.

— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

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