instal
Americanverb (used with object)
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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
This led me to instal a studio with all kinds of sound toys in my second home in Santa Fe, which is like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 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
On the auspicious day MacAdam arrived from Limerick, accompanied by two men from Dublin, whom he proposed to instal as caretakers in Malone's house.
From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Robert John Buckley
Araujo’s only other tools are a microphone and a laptop, on which he’s installed an interactive software program he created that tracks the lineups of both teams.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
In his posts on Friday, Trump said he wants an 11-foot statue of Washington, which was featured at last month’s Freedom 250 Grand Prix race, to be installed right away at the museum’s Flag Hall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
Many warehouse operators and other commercial real-estate owners have installed solar panels on building roofs over the past decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
A bronze version of the statue, titled “Earth to City: Rhapsody of the Wild King,” will be installed in Griffith Park at a date yet to be announced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
Once the grid was installed, the first target of exploration was the ship itself.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
As this year's harvest season entered full swing, a winery in western Ukraine had an additional task to oversee: installing solar panels to help it weather blackouts caused by Russian military strikes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mirabelle handles more of the visual aspects, like installing shows.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
An uptick in people installing rooftop solar panels has provided an additional power boost, Ackemann said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Developing the framework and installing its first model required months of work.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Over the years since the wedding, we’d fixed it up and put on an addition, taking down the smoker and installing a greenhouse.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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