Thesaurus results for INDOCTRINATES

indoctrinates

verb

present tense third-person singular of indoctrinate

as in teaches

to cause to acquire knowledge or skill in some field indoctrinated children in proper safety procedures

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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

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Policing expert Ian Adams, who teaches criminal justice at the University of South Carolina, said regardless of the circumstances, the officer should not have fired at the car.

— Travis Loller, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
De Marco, who teaches a daily morning yoga class, meticulously tends to every detail of the space with a team of wellness therapists trained in ancient Ayurvedic modalities.

— Sandra Guzmán, USA Today, 18 June 2026