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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority
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also engrained
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as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession
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as in etched
to produce a vivid impression of
the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory
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as in rooted
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Recent Examples of ingrained
Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
How to remove ingrained dirt from a wood floor?
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
The congresswoman has been described as relentless in her work and uncompromising in her values, but also ingrained in mentoring youth.
—Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
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Adjective
The Netflix series tackles the political climate soon after the end of the regime, when there was still an ingrained distrust in public institutions.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 6 Apr. 2026
How to remove ingrained dirt from a wood floor?
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
Verb
Not only do people come from all over the world, but the swim is also ingrained in the locals, who grew up watching these stately mammals swim from one island to another.
—Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 31 May 2026
The congresswoman has been described as relentless in her work and uncompromising in her values, but also ingrained in mentoring youth.
—Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
Adjective
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Gonzales’ progressive bona fides in Denver and the state Capitol will have to overcome Hickenlooper’s experience, his comparably vast fundraising and the inherent advantage that comes from being a fixture of Colorado’s political scenery.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
7 June 2026
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Decadence is embraced here and beauty is valued, the joy it inspires seen as only one of its inherent contributions.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Experiments like Strachey’s were part of an explosion of postwar research on the relationship between mathematics and language, expressions of a broader fascination with the automation of knowledge, which crossed disciplines and suffused the culture.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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The rest of the film consists of the brother and sister’s return to the ranch, now suffused with dread at Misael’s inability to properly care for his sibling.—
Vadim Rizov,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Instead of routing electricity through copper wires, photonic chips guide light through microscopic channels called waveguides etched into a wafer.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 June 2026
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The array of 650 orange-brick apartments that once stood here remains etched into his memory.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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Montana has long inspired storytelling rooted in its history—from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone.—
Arati Menon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 June 2026
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Plastic pollution can feel overwhelming — more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year — but stories rooted in collaborative community work can spark hope.—
Michael James Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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Both the white dwarf and the red dwarf have their own intrinsic magnetic fields.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
2 June 2026
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Those ideas became intrinsic to American economic culture.—
Britney Porter,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Verb
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We were constantly informed that our purpose was to become genteel and inculcated in Christian virtue.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Patriotism is a value that an IP-dependent tech company fighting Chinese rivals might well be happy to see inculcated in its employees.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Almost every surface is laser-engraved with text, in thirteen languages.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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The caseback is engraved with both the Wristcheck logo and Piaget crest.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
1 June 2026
Verb
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It is embedded within the city’s historic Jackson Park, a decision that was met with legal battles as an environmental group sued the City of Chicago for allowing a private project to be built on public land.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The marble bathrooms are fitted with both deep soaking tubs and walk-in showers—two options for using the Guerlain bath products—plus heated flooring and flat-screen televisions embedded in the fog-free mirrors.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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“Ingrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrained. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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