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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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By combining Privy’s embedded, non-custodial wallet infrastructure with Bridge’s stablecoin payment rails, Stripe is quietly bypassing the constraints that have kept fintech tethered to the banking system.—
Azeem Khan,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025 -
Strong winds were the main threat overnight with the potential of embedded tornadoes.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
Verb
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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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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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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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Images of Americans being rescued from rooftops are still ingrained in the country's memory.—
Marina Pitofsky,
USA Today,
8 July 2025
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Going home at 11 p.m. is also ingrained in British culture.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
6 July 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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Try declaring fixed meal times, choosing default clothes or automating basic routines.—
Akin Akinpelu,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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Von Miller and others at the Deutsches Museum knew that fixed holes could not represent the complexity of a moving planet.—
Martin Bush,
Space.com,
5 July 2025
Adjective
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Lily stepped out of the shower and wrapped a velvety pink towel around herself, exposing her shoulders, the immutable beauty of her collarbone, her soft white arms.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 July 2025
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But most in the audience clung onto the notion that at best, globalization and integration had reached a bump in the road, believing that globalization was inevitable, immutable and irreversible.—
Paul Laudicina,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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Processing cheap rare earth is a nasty business using dangerous acid precursors that come with inherent risks, which bump up the prices of processing in the environmentally conscious West.—
Clem Chambers,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Justin brings an inherent understanding of my company that is essential for its growth.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
14 July 2025
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“Inculcated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcated. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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