as in to strengthen
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare
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Recent Examples of inure
Well, maybe audiences are inured to these kinds of things by now.
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Nina Metz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Endless pre-Thanksgiving television screenings have inured people to Baum’s radicalism, of what’s arguably the most influential American literary work of the twentieth-century.
—Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
By the 1970s, inured in the culture of the moment, progressive reformers were driven to do something in Baltimore and across America that many of their peers would have considered anathema a decade earlier: rein in the authority of the purportedly wise men running powerful institutions.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Nina Metz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Endless pre-Thanksgiving television screenings have inured people to Baum’s radicalism, of what’s arguably the most influential American literary work of the twentieth-century.
—Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
By the 1970s, inured in the culture of the moment, progressive reformers were driven to do something in Baltimore and across America that many of their peers would have considered anathema a decade earlier: rein in the authority of the purportedly wise men running powerful institutions.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inure
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Reporting to Fabien Westerhoff, who heads the company’s theatrical arm, Teste will oversee Global Constellation’s worldwide sales operations, working closely with distributors and talent agencies to further strengthen the company’s position in the global marketplace.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
6 Feb. 2026
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Of course, once Carey got her hands on one of her signature whistle notes (those really, really high pitches that very few singers can achieve) her voice strengthened, if not her performance demeanor, which remain staid and almost nervous and uncomfortable throughout.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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For years, this unspoken truth has hardened her, shaping her into a woman of precision and emotional distance — a mother who learned survival through silence.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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Water your plants regularly during the hardening off process, but slowly decrease how much water your plants receive.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Inure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inure. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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