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1
as in inculcating
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 etching
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 entrenching
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Each one was crafted using ground-breaking new techniques in 3-D ink layering, 3-D marquetry, and laser etching.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
22 Oct. 2025 -
Denim with ’70s style florals—achieved through laser etching and digital printing—and botanical colors like green, golden yellow, brown and terracotta represent growth.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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His concerns have only grown since Israel and the United States carried out strikes in Iran in June, targeting its nuclear program, and as diplomatic efforts between the US and Iran have fizzled, entrenching sanctions further.—
Leila Gharagozlou,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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People seeking care may become targets of surveillance; entrenching existing patterns where disability, neurodivergence and poverty are not only criminalized— but now automated and scaled.—
Kate Caldwell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Watch Ghosts on Paramount+ Renowned filmmaker David Lynch revolutionized television when infusing his cinematic style into this early-'90s mystery series.—
Kelsie Gibson,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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By infusing rubber-like elastomers with ferromagnetic particles, the researchers 3D-printed an ultra-thin magnetic film that can be attached to origami structures.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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Just start engraving the Tony statues right now.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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Thanks for giving me my tombstone engraving!—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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The jury especially liked the way the dialogue’s shift in volume and tone established the visceral experience of the main character — deeply rooting the audience inside Drea’s perspective.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pinch off any lower leaves and dip the cut end into rooting hormone.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Oct. 2025
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Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
15 Sep. 2025
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Chanes says that Nubank is investing heavily in AI across its operations but to improve functionality rather than branding.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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However, fashionistas won’t see NASA branding on swimwear and undergarments because those categories are deemed inappropriate or impermissible given NASA’s role as a government agency.—
Khanh T.L. Tran,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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Saving Denji’s life, Pochita and the young man make a deal to fuse, imbuing him with the ability to turn parts of his body into Devil-destroying chainsaws.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Cooper’s grasp of the material is unerring, imbuing it with a sweetness that’s never cloying, a generosity of spirit that’s never unearned.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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