All 8 Uses of
establish
in
Freakonomics
- He passed along Klan information to the assistant attorney general of Georgia, an established Klan buster.†
p. 59..1 (definition 1)
- What is demonstrably true is that Oscar Danilo Blandon helped establish a link—between Colombian cocaine cartels and inner-city crack merchants—that would alter American history.†
p. 108..9 (definition 1)
- That said, the established U.S. methods of keeping guns away from the people who do cause crime are, at best, feeble.†
p. 131..5 (definition 1)
- What else might we look for in the data to establish an abortion-crime link?†
p. 141..3 (definition 1)
- Also, studies of Australia and Canada have since established a similar link between legalized abortion and crime.†
p. 142..0 (definition 1)
- In examining the income gap between black and white adults—it is well established that blacks earn significantly less—scholars have found that the gap is virtually eradicated if the blacks' lower eighth-grade test scores are taken into account.
p. 161..2 (definition 2) *established = known or proven
- On average, girls test higher than boys, and Asians test higher than whites—although blacks, as we have already established, test similarly to whites from comparable backgrounds and in comparable schools.†
p. 168..5 (definition 1)
- His reputation for candid thinking on race was already well established.
p. 184..6 (definition 1) *established = set (firmly existing)
Definitions:
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(1) (establish as in: establish a positive tone) create, start, or set in [a] place
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(2) (establish as in: establish that there is a need) show or determine (cause to be recognized or figure out)