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adjective

established

brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established

In a sentence

Six example sentences with established, each labelled with its topic.

  • The court leaned on an established rule from 1911 rather than write anything new about river boundaries.

    Law

  • The bakery is an established stop on every walking tour, older than the square it faces by thirty years.

    Cooking

  • Selling to an established insurer took eleven months of meetings, while the young rival signed in three weeks.

    Startups

  • The rookie beat out an established starter in camp, which had not happened at that position in nine seasons.

    Basketball

  • The club is an established venue, booked by touring bands for forty years and older than the record shops around it.

    Music

  • The established reading of the dialogue went unchallenged for a century, until a young scholar reread one Greek verb.

    Philosophy

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