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establishing

/ɪˈstæblɪʃɪŋ/ noun B2
  1. The act by which something is established; establishment.

Plural establishings

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“Unless we succeed in establishing an alternative theory, this man is lost.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 54 · C1
“I have no doubt, sir, that we shall succeed in establishing ourselves in some business.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 71 · C1
But I think that we shall succeed in establishing a connection, after all.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 183 · C1
Thinking that I might wish to settle in France, he left me at his departure, together with the papers establishing my identity, a letter promising, if he approved of my choice, 150,000 livres per annum from the day I was married.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 824 · C1

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