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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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 soft natural light suffuses the red clay brick room, centered around long communal tables, introducing an intimate ease that invites you to linger.—
Anais Martinez,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Well, that and quantum teleportation, which is the reason that quantum entanglement suffuses this entire field to this day.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Repot plants with visible roots, slowed growth, yellowing leaves, poor drainage, and salt buildup on the soil.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
12 Apr. 2026
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Here’s what’s actually going on and which plants in your garden might be causing the problem.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Apr. 2026
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Even a serial murderer can falsely accuse an innocent person of his crime and suffer no consequences, which breeds disrespect for the legal system.—
Wendy Murphy,
Boston Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
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But Turkey now breeds the felines.—
Emily Feng,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2026
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Looking ahead in these ways instills a sense of forward momentum.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
19 Apr. 2026
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Still, scrolling through TMZ’s posts of congresspeople instills a strange rush of Schadenfreude.—
Paula Mejía,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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The approach embeds motion directly into the material rather than adding mechanical joints later.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Unlike traditional telemedicine platforms, Tala’s technology embeds AI agents directly into clinical workflows.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Inculcates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcates. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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