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
Another important way is to inculcate mindfulness by observing anger as a passing emotion rather than being all consumed by it.
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Imbued with empathy, Canseco is poised to extend the ambassador mentality inculcated at the fair in her first-in-her-family journey to college.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Nothing left to do but build and inculcate my fantastical
atoms, unable to catch a break.
—Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
Abe was part of a conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and known for his association with Nippon Kaigi, an influential conservative organization that among other goals advocated teaching Japanese history to inculcate national pride.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
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Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Imbued with empathy, Canseco is poised to extend the ambassador mentality inculcated at the fair in her first-in-her-family journey to college.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
Nothing left to do but build and inculcate my fantastical
atoms, unable to catch a break.
—Hazlitt, 15 May 2025
Abe was part of a conservative faction of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and known for his association with Nippon Kaigi, an influential conservative organization that among other goals advocated teaching Japanese history to inculcate national pride.
—Jennifer Lind, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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Smith suffuses the book with a kind of clinical detachment, even as the dread mounts with each page.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Roughly three weeks later, Irving planted on a Kings player’s foot and had to be carried off the floor with structural damage in his left knee.—
Christian Clark,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Plant at the Right Time Most trees and shrubs acclimate best when planted in either spring or fall.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
2 Nov. 2025
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The new Vermillion sheeting collection is made with 52 percent polyester infused with CiClo technology and 48 percent modal.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
7 Nov. 2025
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The city’s multicultural energy infuses its evolving story, creating a welcoming space for travelers seeking both connection and culture.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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Schwanz pointed out how the work goes back to breeding resilience—not just breeding crops that can do more with less or maximizing yield—but true resilience for everyone.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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Alpha Genesis’s red-meat pivot is emblematic of the desperate position in which the primate-breeding industry now finds itself.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The young singer-songwriter became an interpreter of others’ works, imbuing them with a unique character missing on earlier recordings.—
Glenn Peoples,
Billboard,
7 Nov. 2025
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Among the actors, the highlight turns out to be It breakout Lillis, who imbues Carrie with a vulnerability that smoothes over some sizable gaps in the character’s development.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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As the playoffs loom, Bibbs said the team will trust the culture that Sam has instilled in them.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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And my dad was the fourth pilot hired for Alaska Airlines, which gave us the opportunity to see all different parts of the world and instilled the travel bug in me.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Symptoms include severe headaches, high fevers, excessive vomiting, stiff neck and confusion, according to the CDC, and the best way to inoculate yourself against the disease is through vaccination.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
17 Oct. 2025
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However, Romo was seemingly afflicted with a malady that Prescott cannot inoculate himself against.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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In a similar vein, Timnit Gebru, a computer scientist writing during her time working at Google, warned of the dangers of large language models acting as stochastic parrots, which repeat language patterns without understanding, and in doing so replicate the biases embedded in their training data.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Nov. 2025
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Washington accuses the Venezuelan regime of leading the Cartel de los Soles (Cartel of the Suns), a drug-trafficking network allegedly embedded within the country’s military.—
Jason Lemon,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Inculcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcate. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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