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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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as in embedded
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcated
Adjective
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As these tools become more embedded, their potential to bridge private-sector activity with public oversight is becoming clearer.—
Angelica Krystle Donati,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025 -
Driving all of this transformation is AI — not as a buzzword, Abadie noted, but as an embedded, working reality.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Aug. 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
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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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The naturalness bias is deeply ingrained in Kennedy’s MAHA campaign, which aims to improve public health by returning to a more natural lifestyle.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
11 Aug. 2025
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But this is not the music of avoidance: Monroe’s real life and experiences are deeply ingrained in every track… even the sad Leonard Cohen cover.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
9 Aug. 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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In Davidson’s case, her ovaries were producing eggs despite the lack of functional womb, so prior to the transplant, Davidson and her husband had in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment to create embryos which were frozen, so they could be implanted after the transplant.—
Victoria Forster,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In 2008, there was no fixed route, land or right of way and plans had to go through California’s grueling environmental impact review process.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Many consumers—especially those on fixed or limited incomes—are simply unable to absorb any further increases in their cost of living.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Blockchain can create a verifiable, immutable, and real-time accessible system that saves time for both the state and citizens.—
Javier Bastardo,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Published in 1915, and already widely accepted worldwide by physicists and mathematicians, the theory assumed the universe was static – unchanging, unmoving and immutable.—
Rob Coyne,
Space.com,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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There’s more at stake here than mitigating inherent technological risks.—
Kevin Korte,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Isn’t there some inherent judgment involved in depicting the dropping of the bomb?—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Inculcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcated. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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