1
as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning
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as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority
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Recent Examples of inculcate
Nothing left to do but build and inculcate my fantastical
atoms, unable to catch a break.
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Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
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
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
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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Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
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
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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The results of her travels are mixed media paintings of seas and skies, suffused with layers of gold leaf that recall the unique vibes of the tropics (Booth A27).—
Daniella Walsh,
Oc Register,
28 July 2025
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Eerie, twisty, and suffused with rich storytelling, this is a story about strong women and the men who seek to control them.—
Kalie Cassidy
July 25,
Literary Hub,
25 July 2025
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Water the new perennial thoroughly following planting to settle the soil around the roots.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their goal is to plant and grow these native Mexican corns at their Mesa Agricola farm, then nixtamalize the kernels to make their own masa in-house.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Sixty-five-year-old Jep Gambardella, indolent and disenchanted, his eyes permanently imbued with gin and tonic, watches this parade of hollow, doomed, powerful yet depressed humanity.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
4 Aug. 2025
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Beto scored the opening goal of the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park and an upturn in form under the returning David Moyes imbued the striker with fresh confidence.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
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Communicate Clearly And Often Uncertainty breeds fear, and fear stalls progress.—
Jason Ballard,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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But when a fire destroys part of Al’s home and a hard drive goes missing, mistrust begins to breed between the two, drawing in Peck’s teenage daughter Sara and threatening to undo both their relationship and their role in a larger criminal enterprise.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
7 Aug. 2025
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Start with an aperitif like a Ligurian Negroni infused with Côte d’Azur Cap Gin, best sipped alongside cheesy focaccia with pesto, before sampling the signature pesto plate with trofie pasta — which is even more indulgent when topped with Sicilian gamberi (shrimp) tartare.—
Lane Nieset,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Original price: $299.95 Hotel Collection’s scent diffuser infuses subtle fragrances throughout your space without flames.—
Jené Luciani Sena , Caitlyn Martyn
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FOXNews.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Engine’s plan includes strengthening execution, instilling a culture of cost discipline, improving capital allocation, evaluating the company’s portfolio, aligning executive compensation to shareholder value creation and refreshing the board.—
Kenneth Squire,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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With 56 new faces, a brand-new staff, a question mark at quarterback, and two in-state opponents traveling to Charlotte in consecutive weeks to kick off the season, Albin is looking to instill confidence in his first-year 49ers.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Aug. 2025
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Walmart will embed its four agents deep into its app, website, and in-store systems.—
Jason Goldberg,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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This type of watermark is embedded in low spectral frequencies which, as explained earlier, describe smoother portions of the image—and this may influence how an image is generated and its output.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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And unlike most states, Kentucky and its utilities have not enacted EV incentives, even as the industry spends billions of dollars to root an EV supply chain in the commonwealth.—
Connor Giffin,
The Courier-Journal,
13 Aug. 2025
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And perhaps then local can return to its original meaning: simply, proudly, of a place — rooted, not reduced or reconstituted in the language of empire.—
Bibi Bakare-Yusuf,
semafor.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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