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Recent Examples of Synonyms for indoctrinate
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  • Adapting to the journey Since moving to Ruskin, Sixta has also been teaching leadership courses, where students work in teams on a long-term capstone project to make a tangible difference in the school or local community.
    Ilana Arougheti Updated October 7, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Other experts will focus on topics like using hip-hop to promote social-emotional learning in classrooms, harnessing hip-hop’s emphasis on play through experimentation and bold expression, teaching dance techniques and using hip-hop for community building.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2025
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  • To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.
    Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
  • For example, the nation’s premiere federal cybersecurity scholarship program to recruit, educate and place future federal cybersecurity workers would be reduced by over 60%.
    Richard Forno, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Indoctrinate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indoctrinate. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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