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ingrained

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verb

variants also engrained
past tense of ingrain

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Recent Examples of ingrained
Adjective
For Temple Hill, especially, this process is completely ingrained into the company’s business model. Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025 An illusion endlessly repeated despite its demonstrable untruth ceases to be an illusion and becomes a lie; a lie endlessly retold can become second nature, so ingrained and instinctive as to detach from its origins and morph into self-delusion. Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
Unlike that of any other TV program, SNL’s mystique—behind the hiring process, how to break out on-air, the clockwork nature of the production schedule—has become ingrained in the public imagination. David Sims, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025 This is something truly ingrained in the vineyard's hosting ritual, and a thoughtful, final touch any host can do. Isabella Milano, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ingrained
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
Adjective
  • There are inherent risks in using these tools.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Bitcoin’s inherent technical strengths, combined with institutions’ vested interest in its success, position it to evolve into essential infrastructure that powers global markets.
    Luke Xie, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Notably, said Kriner, individuals who are inculcated with a sense of nihilism do not commit crimes to achieve an ideological goal.
    Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Ernie Hudson is etched into film history as the Ghostbusters franchise's Winston Zeddemore, but his career encompasses nearly half a century.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Waveguide displays use a single lens with special patterns etched into it.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Just a simple path to follow around the ancient trees, all stable and strongly rooted.
    Janine Di Giovanni, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The secret to making a great Italian coffee is rooted to the history of the moka pot.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • These children are more likely to develop a strong intrinsic locus of control, which leaves them less vulnerable to anxiety and depression later in life.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Advertisement No—provided that the money is not the point, provided that what matters to one’s work as a philosopher is intrinsic, not instrumental.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Taylor’s cerebral bent is nothing new, but here, it’s imbued with a fresh, tentative sweetness, and anchored by a genuinely swoony summer romance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That’s because, as it’s repeated, the masses will start treating the meme as if it’s imbued with meaning.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Ferndale, California, Christine and her husband are doing pre-planning and have already purchased and engraved their gravestones in a beautiful cemetery.
    Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • There is a horn cup engraved with Captain Purdie’s initials attached by a snap hook above the grate.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Stone Island is doubling down on its research-intensive ethos by unveiling a denim capsule collection embedded with high-tech treatments and materials.
    Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute have developed a fabric embedded with sensors and AI algorithms that can monitor road conditions from beneath the surface.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Ingrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrained. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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