as in deep
firmly established over time
he had had a deep-rooted fear of the dark from the time he was a small child
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Recent Examples of deep-rooted
Honor the Culture India’s traditions are deep-rooted and nuanced.
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Viji Krishna, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2025
America’s history was nowhere near as deep-rooted as the civilizations around us in the Middle East — the Pharaohs in Egypt, the Assyrians in Iraq, the Phoenicians in the Levant — and instead the American colonists had based their civilizational experiment on an idea.
—The Dial, 2 Dec. 2025
The fragility of this society is also deep-rooted.
—Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
Far to the north, in the Montes de Maria region where Nawar Jimenez grew up, the terror instilled by armed groups is also deep-rooted.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Create 5 different versions of this limiting belief, from surface-level to deep-rooted.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The systemic barriers keeping Black women from these top roles are deep-rooted.
—Kedean Smith, Essence, 3 Apr. 2025
Why did Lilly kill A.B. Wynter? While many White House staff members had issues with Mr. Wynter — from feuds over flaming desserts to potential firings — Lilly’s problems with the chief usher were more deep-rooted.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The specter of foreign involvement has added a new dimension to the anxiety that has been brewing in Australia’s small but deep-rooted Jewish community.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Viji Krishna, Travel + Leisure, 13 Dec. 2025
America’s history was nowhere near as deep-rooted as the civilizations around us in the Middle East — the Pharaohs in Egypt, the Assyrians in Iraq, the Phoenicians in the Levant — and instead the American colonists had based their civilizational experiment on an idea.
—The Dial, 2 Dec. 2025
The fragility of this society is also deep-rooted.
—Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
Far to the north, in the Montes de Maria region where Nawar Jimenez grew up, the terror instilled by armed groups is also deep-rooted.
—Ladan Anoushfar, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Create 5 different versions of this limiting belief, from surface-level to deep-rooted.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
The systemic barriers keeping Black women from these top roles are deep-rooted.
—Kedean Smith, Essence, 3 Apr. 2025
Why did Lilly kill A.B. Wynter? While many White House staff members had issues with Mr. Wynter — from feuds over flaming desserts to potential firings — Lilly’s problems with the chief usher were more deep-rooted.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 22 Mar. 2025
The specter of foreign involvement has added a new dimension to the anxiety that has been brewing in Australia’s small but deep-rooted Jewish community.
—Victoria Kim, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deep-rooted
Adjective
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Turn the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook, turning once, until the daikon is tender and both sides are deep golden brown, 8–10 minutes.—
Chihiro Tomioka,
Saveur,
5 Feb. 2026
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Journaling is also a great way to explore your deeper thoughts.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The inherent disagreement isn’t about those facts.—
Steve Booren,
Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2026
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For all the inherent sadness of its subject matter, Mouse is never depressing, thanks to the delicacy of O’Sullivan and Thompson’s filmmaking.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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As Independent Women has noted, an au pair–style approach could be adapted for elder care to be flexible, affordable and rooted in human connection.—
Heather Madden,
Boston Herald,
11 Feb. 2026
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Emotional empathy involves different brain regions and likely requires longer to change deeply rooted emotional processing patterns.—
Erin Clabough,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Armed with beauty, daring/hustle and sheer force of will/unwavering ambition, Undine battles an entrenched elite, fearlessly courting controversy, until love and fortune align.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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Heintschel supplanted Eli Holstein about a month into the season and seems entrenched as the starter for 2026.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2026
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