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also engrain
1
as in to inculcate
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession
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2
as in to etch
to produce a vivid impression of
the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory
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as in to entrench
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along
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Recent Examples of ingrain
Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
Spoelstra said Wiggins is ingrained sufficiently in the Heat system to be able to step back in seamlessly.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
Nicholas said his dad also ingrained in them the importance of hard work.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Resilience Starts with Preparation: Make Cyber Drills a Business Imperative
To create a future of true cyber resilience, cyber drills must become a routine business practice—just as fire drills have been ingrained in workplace safety for decades.
—James Hadley, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Avalanche centers scrambled to not only tailor avalanche education material to snowmobilers, but more importantly ingrain it into their culture.
—Ashley Thess, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2025
Spoelstra said Wiggins is ingrained sufficiently in the Heat system to be able to step back in seamlessly.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
Nicholas said his dad also ingrained in them the importance of hard work.
—Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025
Resilience Starts with Preparation: Make Cyber Drills a Business Imperative
To create a future of true cyber resilience, cyber drills must become a routine business practice—just as fire drills have been ingrained in workplace safety for decades.
—James Hadley, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrain
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This is a unique public-private partnership effort which involves conservation organizations such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to inculcate environmental education across the country.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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Roth said employees at the charity would have to be expressing and inculcating religious doctrine, such as requiring participation in a prayer before a meal is served at a soup kitchen.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2025
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Given how serene progress has been on the pitch and with a squad that is now fully fit and competing on all fronts, an image of Emery — a walking deity in most supporters’ minds — climbing those Wembley steps to lift the cup would be forever etched into memory.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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For a chip design firm, a particular wafer or etching tool may be sourced through a vendor who relies on imports from China or Southeast Asia.—
Kevin Carroll,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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TikTok remains, steadily entrenching its position as a staple of global youth culture.—
Shaoyu Yuan,
The Conversation,
23 Apr. 2025
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Meta is also currently on trial at the same courthouse in Washington, D.C., seeking to fend off allegations from the Federal Trade Commission that the social media giant entrenched its monopoly over social networking with its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.—
Julia Shapero,
The Hill,
21 Apr. 2025
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Photograph: Courtesy of Sean Hartnoll For decades, physicists and mathematicians have wanted to show that these chaotic dynamics are not an artifact of the simplifying assumption of decoupling, but inherent to black holes.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Wired News,
20 Apr. 2025
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Watch less often and watch more than one network, taking inherent and obvious biases into account.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bonus points: The formula is infused with skin-loving ingredients like vitamin E and capric triglyceride, a nourishing emollient.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
30 Apr. 2025
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Like the blanco, this reposado is infused with roasted agave and agave miel, or honey, before its final distillation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 Apr. 2025
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Nearby sits a bullion-like paperweight engraved with TRUMP, in all caps; at this rate of converting subtext into text, the President will soon use his TRUMP paperweight to bash in the head of a bald eagle.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2025
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Besides accolades from those present, the Thursday Club presented Jessen with a commemorative baseball bat with his name engraved on it.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
18 Apr. 2025
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For the Reposado expression, the tequila is then aged in American white oak barrels, a process that adds structure and refinement without overwhelming the agave's intrinsic character.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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With more complete data, statisticians could then estimate the intrinsic value of activities through peoples’ stated and revealed preferences and create a framework for measuring consumption based on how people use their time rather than on material spending.—
Brian Deese,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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People can also become infected by touching infected secretions, and then inoculating themselves by touching their nose, mouth, or eyes with contaminated hands.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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This does not, however, inoculate them against the unpleasantness that will follow the discovery of their change of heart, which is why starting from the beginning is often preferable.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2025
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“Ingrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrain. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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