as in embedded
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as in suffused
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 planted
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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Adjective
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Strong winds were the main threat overnight with the potential of embedded tornadoes.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025 -
Outfit your Shredder with the pincushion effect to make embedded spikes explode when shield-bashed, or imbue your gauntlets with electrifying shock.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 May 2025
Verb
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As many transgender people know, even the most mundane objects — a necktie, a name badge, a dress — can be imbued with intense personal meaning.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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As men turned to practical, less frivolous garments, their shoe heels also remained sensible — though not for women, whose heel heights were imbued with complex social and political implications with every added or subtracted half-inch.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Their influence instilled in him the importance of finding meaning in his work.—
Sergei Klebnikov,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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This demand resilience instilled confidence in companies to raise prices without losing significant market share, further expanding margins.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And moving the system information—which is something Mac users are familiar with—seems an unnecessary disruption to ingrained Windows users’ habits.—
Michael Muchmore,
PC Magazine,
13 June 2025
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The design stands out courtesy of ingrained alignment markers, which guide your hands and feet when setting up poses.—
Izzy Baskette,
People.com,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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In most matches, there is no fixed point in attack.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
9 June 2025
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The following year, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which moved Memorial Day from its fixed date (along with three other holidays) to the last Monday in May.—
Alex Heigl,
People.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Over the years, other scientists have implanted false memories of events, such as knocking over a punch bowl at a wedding, traveling in a hot air balloon or putting Slime in a teacher’s desk.—
Bernice Andrews,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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The scientists created embryos that were implanted in surrogate dogs.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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What remains immutable is the physics of computation itself: the energy required to power these systems.—
Aya Saed,
Time,
17 June 2025
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More to Explore This represents the securitization of gender: identity is linked with security because the government believes that knowing who people are helps assess risk, and gender is taken as an immutable marker of identity.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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Humans in the Loop For sure, there’s a need to celebrate the human in the loop, and the inherent value of humanity.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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There is an inherent asymmetry of vulnerability here; doctors and patients are not equals at the Thanksgiving table.—
Danielle Ofri,
New Yorker,
7 June 2025
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“Inculcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcated. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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