indoctrinates

present tense third-person singular of indoctrinate

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Recent Examples of indoctrinates Poison indoctrinates our youth in the classroom and is reinforced by the divisive rhetoric constantly spewed forth in so much of the media. Brooke L. Rollins, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indoctrinates
Verb
  • Harper teaches oral communication and journalism at White Hall High School, and is working to launch the school's first journalism program and newspaper.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
  • His wife was a substitute teacher and his daughter teaches in the district.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 27 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • None of these institutions educates hundreds of thousands of students.
    Scott White, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

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“Indoctrinates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indoctrinates. Accessed 31 Aug. 2026.

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