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
She would buy the books of some specially favored and instal them at home again as "her librarians."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 by John Rudd
With Diego Lopez appointed as Burnley's new chief football officer, and Fabio Celestini installed as their new boss, the Clarets must now hope for a change in fortunes.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Gigantic, hypnotic portions of solid rocket boosters have been installed in the space gallery — displayed on their sides so guests can physically walk through them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The transport aircraft identified by AFP would allow troops and equipment to move rapidly across the Andean region, he said, while some of the newly installed structures appear suitable for aircraft maintenance and logistical support.
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
The metal also has been used in electrical cables made in Missouri and installed in an Amazon data center in Ohio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
In the dim light I made out the seat Miss Lilian had installed when she’d gotten too old to climb to the second floor.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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
The team first demonstrated that the concept worked by installing a laser phase plate in one of Glaeser's older electron microscopes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
There is no camera footage of Alfozan installing the device in the conference room where it was discovered, as there was no camera within the conference room in late September, the filing said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
It involved installing specially curved mirrors in the solar cells.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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