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as in embedded

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verb

past tense of inculcate
1
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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2
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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Recent Examples of inculcated
Verb
We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue. — Literary Hub, 26 May 2026 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 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 Notably, said Kriner, individuals who are inculcated with a sense of nihilism do not commit crimes to achieve an ideological goal. — Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcated
  1. embedded
  2. suffused
  3. planted
  4. instilled
  5. imbued
  6. bred
  7. ingrained
  8. rooted
Adjective
  • Native culture is an imbedded fact of Minnesota’s history and now the Indian – a brave, a scout, God forbid somebody’s friend — is gone from the flag.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • The device receives a video feed captured by external smart glasses with an embedded camera.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Definition of embedded
Verb
  • The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
  • Good binoculars will reveal a score of stars in this little group, while long-exposure observatory photographs show about 1000 in the area — all suffused in great clouds and streamers of nebulous light.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of suffused
Verb
  • If your bed is already planted, topdress the soil with a few inches of organic matter like wood chips, straw, leaf mold, or pine bark instead of mixing it into the soil.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026
  • Rough stone walls, planted roofs, sandy plaster and warm wood allow the buildings to recede into the landscape.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of planted
Adjective
  • Our mum’s a voracious reader and really instilled reading.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 May 2026
  • Mika’s mother - a CPA, professor, and philanthropist - instilled in her an early understanding of legacy as something actively lived and carefully protected.
    — William Jones, USA Today, 17 Feb. 2026
Definition of instilled
Verb
  • The duo also tapped Bamford Watch Department to help bring the new timepiece imbued in racing heritage to life.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 30 July 2026
  • That all culminated in a press conference at the FFF headquarters in Paris on Tuesday to announce Zidane’s appointment on a four-year contract, although this was imbued with far more drama than a standard managerial unveiling.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 28 July 2026
Definition of imbued
Verb
  • Scarce cultural assets are born organically, not bred artificially, and these assets are where pricing power lives.
    — George Wells, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The animal, fizzing with the inexhaustible energy of a creature bred for hauling chockablock toboggans, was confined to a tiny pen, a mere twenty feet square, behind the neighbor’s trailer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of bred
Adjective
  • Often nestled in lush mountains or on a peaceful lake, the bucolic and nature-filled settings of sleep-away camps will always remain ingrained in our memories.
    — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 16 July 2026
  • While new tools like the NWS HeatRisk scale aim to improve public awareness, overcoming ingrained complacency remains a significant challenge.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of ingrained
Verb
  • These two models exist simultaneously in Jewish history in the image of uprooted and powerless Jews on the one hand and rooted and empowered Jews on the other.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • Recounting the acquittal, Sam suggests Paul’s vindication wasn’t rooted so much in the truth as in the limits of the criminal justice system.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Definition of rooted

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