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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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Recent Examples of inculcated
Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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
Adjective
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These platforms were too big, too embedded, too essential.—
Sean Evins,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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His defeat of 82-year-old Harrison Ford crystallized the Academy’s wholesale rejection of celebrity currency in favor of embedded, touching work.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
15 Sep. 2025
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One of the great pleasures of anime is that its unabashed, rollicky genre pieces are often suffused with grand, but not grandiose, sociopolitical commentary — a heady combination that many similar pictures can’t pull off.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 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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Some residents believe more trees were planted, and La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee trustee Brian Williams said last month that the trees appeared to be closer to one every 10 feet.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Thousands of trees will be planted, increasing the tree canopy for health and beautification.—
Khadejeh Nikouyeh,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Michelle reflected on how both of her parents instilled confidence in her from a young age which unquestionably informs her style sensibility to date.—
Essence,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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His mother—central in shaping his early confidence—instilled in him a kind of resilience that would later fuel his global ambitions.—
Janee Bolden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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For example, ruggedized cameras imbued with AI video analytics can continuously monitor hazardous environments for anomalous events.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
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Chocolate is different from other sweets, imbued with properties that reach beyond the palate.—
Aleksandra Crapanzano,
The Atlantic,
27 Oct. 2025
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Look for species tulips that will naturalize and possibly spread over time, or Darwin hybrid tulips that are bred specifically to return year after year.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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Many dogs are also bred for exaggerated features—such as flat faces or long spines—that cause lifelong pain.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Karthik’s cinema is rooted, inventive and wildly original, yet universal in emotion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Nov. 2025
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Once the cuttings have rooted, pot the plants and place them in a cool, sunny spot, watering only when the soil is dry.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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By the 1960s, the Royal was so ingrained in the city’s culture that when Major League Baseball’s office of the commissioner granted Kansas City a new baseball team, Kansas Citians chose to name it the Royals.—
Patrick Salland,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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After their missions, astronauts would walk through the office and thank the thousands of engineers for getting them back home safely to their families—that’s how deeply ingrained trust and safety were in our systems.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Inculcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcated. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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