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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
Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Even when your workouts are balanced, lifting with poor form, such as letting your shoulders hunch during rows or squats, can ingrain postural dysfunction.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
By that point, inefficiencies are ingrained, and firefighting them is far more difficult than preventing them in the first place.
—Aditya Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
That resourcefulness is culturally ingrained in many minority communities.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 2025
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Verb
It just been ingrained in me my whole life playing football and sports and that kind of screwed me in the end.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Even when your workouts are balanced, lifting with poor form, such as letting your shoulders hunch during rows or squats, can ingrain postural dysfunction.
—Dana Santas, CNN Money, 18 Apr. 2025
By that point, inefficiencies are ingrained, and firefighting them is far more difficult than preventing them in the first place.
—Aditya Shah, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
That resourcefulness is culturally ingrained in many minority communities.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 15 Apr. 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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The object was to break the roughly 5,000 inmates, etching into their minds that resistance of any kind was futile.—
Paul Hockenos,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 May 2025
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Lightning strikes sizzle between clouds or zap downward, etching jagged streaks of light across the sky.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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There also seems to be something about people who are already corrupt entrenching themselves in anti-establishment right-wing politics.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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Under the guise of a civilizing mission, the empire of AI is accelerating its global expansion and entrenching its power.—
Karen Hao,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
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This description captures both the ambition and the inherent tension in this evolution.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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But Next Time? The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age. 7h agoBy W.J. Hennigan TODAYS FRONT PAGES Edition: INYT - Page Two Harvard Law Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta.—
Ben Hubbard Saumya Khandelwal Matthew DeFeo W.J. Hennigan,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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CoD should be comfortably infused in your prompting mindset when using generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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Built in 1930 and infused with quintessential French Riviera glamour, the cliffside estate’s most legendary claim to fame is one of its former owners.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
11 May 2025
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Some may take the day to create a shadow box or wear jewelry engraved with their child’s name.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Some of the graves held copper-alloy bracelets with clasps, including one that was engraved with circular shapes.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 May 2025
Adjective
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That journey is rooted in aligning their personal growth with organizational goals—and it must be shaped by intrinsic motivation, not fear, force or obligation.—
Dr. Monika Sumra,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Wex Payments company Wex is trading far below its intrinsic value and has the potential to more than double in the next three to five years, according to Impactive Capital co-founder and managing partner Lauren Taylor Wolfe.—
Pia Singh,Yun Li,
CNBC,
14 May 2025
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An Ars Technica subscription, if applied topically on a daily basis, should inoculate against dumb Facebook memes and other vectors for brainworm infection.—
Ars Staff,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 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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“Ingrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrain. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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