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also engrained
as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority
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also engrained
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as in suffused
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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as in etched
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 rooted
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Recent Examples of ingrained
Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
The story has become so ingrained in the imagination of Brazilians that even today, John Bosco is considered the capital’s patron saint, with both a chapel and a church named after him.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2026
The spa Wellness is ingrained in Banyan Tree’s DNA, so Buahan’s Toja Spa is, unsurprisingly, top-notch.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
How to remove ingrained dirt from a wood floor?
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
The story has become so ingrained in the imagination of Brazilians that even today, John Bosco is considered the capital’s patron saint, with both a chapel and a church named after him.
—Sophia La Banca, JSTOR Daily, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Coachella is where brands go to become ingrained in culture.
—Jesse Kirshbaum, SPIN, 10 Apr. 2026
The spa Wellness is ingrained in Banyan Tree’s DNA, so Buahan’s Toja Spa is, unsurprisingly, top-notch.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
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The aircraft also benefits from being easier to upgrade over time, thanks to its inherent modular design.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Critics may suggest that licenses for tradeworkers like electricians are still necessary given the dangers inherent to construction.—
Maxwell Harden,
Sun Sentinel,
3 May 2026
Verb
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And, come evening, the ocean’s surface is suffused with gold as the sun dips beyond the horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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The galleries were suffused with the tang of iron and old cum.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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The base of the print was nearly permanently etched to the surface of the build plate, having printed too closely to it.—
Michael Lydick,
PC Magazine,
2 May 2026
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Every chat with Claude or GPT runs on the same underlying machinery that calculates spreadsheet totals and renders video games—silicon wafers etched with billions of microscopic switches, organized into specialized processors.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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But Democrats' message has to be rooted and grounded in reality.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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Instead, their exchanges are rooted in something far more meaningful.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
3 May 2026
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Leaders would also do well to better understand human motivation — people’s intrinsic drivers, not just their feelings — to design strategies that minimize negative reactions and maximize engagement with ideas, not to mention to drive more successful change initiatives.—
David Rock,
Fortune,
6 May 2026
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By introducing only mild restrictions to molecular transport, the inflow of reactants into the hollow cavity can be aligned more effectively with the intrinsic processing rate of the catalyst.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
3 May 2026
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Patriotism is a value that an IP-dependent tech company fighting Chinese rivals might well be happy to see inculcated in its employees.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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That’s true for Tamma in a different way – it’s inculcated in Tamma that no one will help her but that’s not true.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
20 Jan. 2026
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There are more than 24,000 names engraved on the Memorial.—
Kenneth D. Robinson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 May 2026
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Most stonemasons engraved an average of 10 lines per day.—
Ethan Teekah,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
1 May 2026
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The Met Gala is not typically an event that welcomes many reality TV stars—even breakouts of the genre who have embedded themselves within the fashion elite.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
30 Apr. 2026
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But these efforts struggled to loosen Iran’s grip, which remains deeply embedded.—
Alaa Shahine Salha,
semafor.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Ingrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrained. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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