1
as in suffuses
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 plants
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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The notion that Social Security faces a shortfall suffuses the national conversation about preparing for retirement.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
28 Feb. 2026 -
The desire to reach toward something beyond ourselves suffuses both pieces.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Silas quietly, succinctly and secretly plants a piece of information in his pocket, which has great value.—
Max Gao,
IndieWire,
4 Mar. 2026
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And while these plants welcome pollinators of all kinds, deer don't like to dine on them.—
Michelle Darrisaw,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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Curiosity breeds knowledge, and knowledge breeds resilience.—
Dr. Deepika Chopra,
Flow Space,
10 Mar. 2026
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But success also breeds an inevitable power struggle.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2026
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Neither option instills confidence.—
Melody Wilding,
CNBC,
3 Mar. 2026
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That approach cuts the costs of medicines, creates local jobs, and instills reliance to better cope with global shocks.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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The company embeds in e-commerce payments and point-of-sale systems to show consumers the environmental impact of their purchase and offers them the option to support a local project to compensate for that impact.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Its architecture embeds intelligent agents directly into each aircraft, enabling autonomous formation control, routing, and obstacle avoidance.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Inculcates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcates. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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