steep in
phrasal verb
steeped in; steeping in; steeps in
1
: to make (someone) know and understand a lot about (something)
Prior to his trip, he spent a few weeks steeping himself in the language.
—often used as (be) steeped inShe was steeped in the classics.
2
—used as (be) steeped in to say that there is a lot of something associated with a place, time, etc.
an area steeped in history
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Before he was elected Manhattan district attorney, Bragg was steeped in prosecuting white collar crime and public corruption cases working for both the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and the New York Attorney General.
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Walter Ray Watson, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Tax Day marks the culmination of a season steeped in dread and procrastination for many Americans.
—Adam N. Michel, National Review, 15 Apr. 2024
The track is funky protest anthem steeped in the Iraq War era, as Prince takes stock of the international conflict and violence, as well as domestic discord and disunity, and tries to find hope in love, faith, and music.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Advertisement ‘An independent thinker’ Like his predecessor, Choi comes to the chief’s office with a reputation as a policy wonk steeped in the mind-numbing details of running the LAPD, an organization of more than 10,000 employees that is always under an intense media microscope.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
And a lot of us are steeped in what our customers do.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
These traditional institutions—including, more recently, Harvard—are steeped in a sense of stoicism, seriousness, and erudition.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Another Nobel laureate, Richard Thaler, says Kahneman and Tversky broadened our understanding by asking a different question than most economists, who were steeped in mathematics, not psychology.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Their lives were steeped in their Aurora, Colorado, community—their church, their children and James Craig's dental practice, Summerbrook Dental.
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
Walter Ray Watson, NPR, 19 Apr. 2024
Tax Day marks the culmination of a season steeped in dread and procrastination for many Americans.
—Adam N. Michel, National Review, 15 Apr. 2024
The track is funky protest anthem steeped in the Iraq War era, as Prince takes stock of the international conflict and violence, as well as domestic discord and disunity, and tries to find hope in love, faith, and music.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2024
Advertisement ‘An independent thinker’ Like his predecessor, Choi comes to the chief’s office with a reputation as a policy wonk steeped in the mind-numbing details of running the LAPD, an organization of more than 10,000 employees that is always under an intense media microscope.
—Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
And a lot of us are steeped in what our customers do.
—Fortune Editors, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
These traditional institutions—including, more recently, Harvard—are steeped in a sense of stoicism, seriousness, and erudition.
—Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Another Nobel laureate, Richard Thaler, says Kahneman and Tversky broadened our understanding by asking a different question than most economists, who were steeped in mathematics, not psychology.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 27 Mar. 2024
Their lives were steeped in their Aurora, Colorado, community—their church, their children and James Craig's dental practice, Summerbrook Dental.
—Natalie Morales, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2024
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