- a variation of install.
instal
Americanverb (used with object)
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Now they were being punished for it with threats of prosecution for failure to instal septic systems.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 11, 2021
While the problem is particularly pronounced in the countryside, where carriers have few financial incentives to instal new transmission stations, even in the cities businesses aren’t seeing the cellphone coverage they want.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 20, 2020
Rather than have individual women toll takers fend for themselves, simply instal cameras and a sign saying you are being watched and recorded by Port Authority Security.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2016
Ireson said the number of people who chose to instal DAB when it was offered as an option was in the single figures, in percentage terms.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 5, 2012
The rig was altered to that of a yawl, while Andy hoped at an early date to instal the motor in her.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
Hart also installed a putting green and an outdoor sound system.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
Miran, a top White House economic adviser whom Trump installed on the board last year, dissented in favor of easier policy at all six meetings he attended before stepping down in May.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026
Once the system has been installed and commissioned, scientists from around the world using the MID instrument are expected to gain access to these exceptionally brief and intense X-ray flashes.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026
Both instances were recorded on recently installed remote cameras.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2026
The next morning we were herded back to our own yard, into our house, where Mami was propped up on pillows nursing our new baby sister, and Papi, in the kitchen, installed a kerosene cookstove.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
Some of the tech companies, including Meta, have called for age verification to be applied at device level, so that someone under-age would be automatically blocked from installing social media apps via app stores.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
If you don’t have a charging station at your workplace or near your home, installing a charger at your home could make the most sense.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
Crews have also been installing thousands of sandbags in vulnerable parts of Balboa Island, the city said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The club executed a close to $20 million project that finished mid-2024, which included doubling the size of its fitness center, adding pickleball courts, swapping out formal dining and installing a resort-style pool.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Okay, so I'm sitting on the train and I fire.up my portable intending to spend a nice intensely focused time installing and playing with Visual J++6 on my slow beast of a laptop.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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