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are establishing

  • present progressive
    of establish.
    establish
    verb (used with object)
    to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis.

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Now the Chinese manufacturers are establishing local research-and-development centers and production facilities that should allow them to produce higher-value products, Brzoska said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

"We want to make sure that the forces that are establishing order in our democracies have these tools, and the forces that want to disrupt us or commit crime, do not."

From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2026

Threading all those units together, of course, is Google’s recent advances in artificial intelligence, which are now woven deeply into all three divisions and are establishing the company as a broader industry benchmark.

From Barron's ● May 1, 2026

“So that means in their first year, they’re not growing as much as they are establishing their root system,” Smart-McCabe said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025

Among its provisions are establishing a forty-hour work week and a national minimum wage as well as prohibiting oppressive child labor and most employment of minors.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler