INCULCATING Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

inculcating

verb

present participle of inculcate

as in suffusing

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 planting

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 threat of shattered glass if the bottle breaks, the subsequent odor suffusing all the items in your carryon, liquids seeping dangerously close to electronics—none of it sounds like a good idea.

— Chloe Schama, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
But Pete took the idea one step further, taking the organization’s iconic symbol — the star — and suffusing it with a deeper meaning.

— Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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Sow Right Seeds Pumpkin Seeds While this method of fall decor may take longer than ordering a premade item online, for those who have space, planting your own variety of pumpkins can produce all-natural homegrown decorations.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
The industry publication Data Center Dynamics also pointed to a recent proposal by a Russian regional governor to build data centers within open-pit coal mines while planting green public parks above as camouflage.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 3 Nov. 2026

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After studying Central Texas barbecue online and on TV, Santana began infusing his classic Southern meats with the Dominican flavors of oregano, sofrito, adobo, sour orange, molasses, honey, and achiote.

— Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
The new record is the closest that the two have come to infusing their distinctive DJing style into their original productions.

— Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 22 Oct. 2026

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Opponents falsely claimed the bill targeted agriculture broadly, although it was tailored strictly to dog-breeding operations.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
These large birds winged their way from breeding sites in Alaska, Canada even Siberia to the area.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026

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Scientists in Germany have launched a manufacturing platform that can carve diamonds at the nanoscale while embedding individual atomic-scale defects.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
This gives developers more control over the balance between embedding a detectable signal and preserving variation in the model’s output, Li says.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Nov. 2026

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