inculcates

present tense third-person singular of inculcate

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Verb
  • An international cult favorite, Lee is revered for the philosophical nerve that suffuses his rigorously inventive melodramas, which variously pick apart the complexities of Korean society.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Today, the company plants a tree for every child born to a Zegna employee, donates flowerbeds in the Piazza Duomo in Milan and revitalizes public parks in Palm Beach and Boston, among other things.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Rat-Repelling Plants Certain flowers and plants repel pests, so consider adding some to your yard.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That preparation breeds confidence.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Though, who knows — again, desperation breeds all kinds of hitherto unknown talents.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • That’s why activating existing natural strengths not only boosts the leader’s self-confidence but also instills trust in the team.
    Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As Defense Secretary Dan Ogilvy (Pip Carter) is appointed as interim Prime Minister, Livingston deploys the military into the streets and instills a 24-hour media blackout.
    Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Anne Morrow Lindbergh embeds wisdom and meditations on age, love, peace, solitude and fulfillment within the relaxing, picturesque setting of the sea.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Splunk’s new approach embeds agentic AI directly into Splunk Observability Cloud and Splunk AppDynamics, which continuously analyzes telemetry, flags anomalies, diagnoses root causes and recommends fixes.
    Victor Dey, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Inculcates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcates. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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