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• n  the act of forming or establishing something
  it was the establishment of his reputation
• n  an organization founded and united for a specific purpose
• n  the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
  he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment
• n  a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
• n  any large organization
• n  (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat
• n  the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof

• The alternate universe goes like this: The last thing Obama ought to do is pick a figure from the Washington establishment.
• Then he scheduled it right after Iowa and New Hampshire, the ideal spot for the party establishment to suppress an insurgent candidate's momentum.
• Then he put it on the calendar right after Iowa and New Hampshire, the ideal spot for the party establishment to kill an insurgent candidate's momentum.

• constitution
• formation
• organization
• organisation
• institution
• administration
• governance
• governing body
• brass
• ecesis
• validation

News & Articles

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• FiveThirtyEight: Domestic Surveillance Could Create a Divide in the 2016 Primaries
  Attitudes toward the security state could split the establishment from outsiders within each party, possibly creating a wedge issue in both party primaries in 2016.        
  June 11, 2013 - New York Times
• North American Partners in Anesthesia's Frank Overdyk Discusses Evidence-Based Initiatives for Improving Clinical ...
  Establishment of Clinical Registries for Anesthesiology Management a Key Goal
  June 11, 2013 - Marketwire
• BioTek Instruments Announces Establishment Of Japanese Office
  BioTek Instruments, Inc., continues their global expansion in the microplate-based technology market with the establishment of BioTek Japan.
  June 10, 2013 - BioresearchOnline

Quotes

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• Osama bin Laden in News24
  Our duty is to foil these dangerous schemes, which try to prevent the establishment of an Islamic state in Iraq, which would be a wall of resistance against American schemes to divide Iraq,Bin Laden said.
• Condoleezza Rice in CNN International
  Rice said the United States "sees the establishment of a Palestinian state and a two-state solution as absolutely essential for the future, not just of Palestinians and Israelis but also for the Middle East and indeed to American interests."
• David Petraeus in AHN
  At the end of that period, we will commence a process of assessment to examine the conditions on the ground,Petraeus said, according to Delaware Online."This approach does not allow [the] establishment of a set withdrawal timetable....