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ingrained 1 of 2

adjective

ˈin-ˌgrānd How to pronounce ingrained (audio)
variants also engrained
Definition of ingrainednext
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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ingrained

2 of 2

verb

variants also engrained
past tense of ingrain
1
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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2
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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3
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
Adjective
The concept became so ingrained at Villanova that the word became near Pavlovian. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 June 2026 Ji-Na is open and confident while Fatima remains closed off, her shame about her sexuality deeply culturally ingrained. — Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
Activating campaigns across channels is so deeply ingrained in go-to-market strategies that mistakes in one place ripple out everywhere. — Gary Drenik, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Good teammate in the way that doctors are fully ingrained in the team. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 19 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ingrained
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
  1. inherent
  2. suffused
  3. etched
  4. rooted
  5. intrinsic
  6. inculcated
  7. engraved
  8. embedded
Adjective
  • But Dead Zone backs still didn’t hit elite scoring seasons at a substantially better rate than late-round RBs, despite the inherent advantages of having stronger early-season roles, and that only amplifies the ceiling point.
    — Ben Gretch, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Now, as then, the world is churning over the identities of peoples and nations based on either ethnicity and religion or the values and rights inherent in all mankind.
    — Kurt Shillinger, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of inherent
Verb
  • After setting her wildly popular debut The Tiger's Wife in a Balkans suffused with myth and magic, the author turned in subsequent books to the Old West and a city redolent of New York.
    — Colin Dwyer, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The threat is still there, suffused into the air like a memory, but for a time the choice between love and survival no longer feels mutually exclusive to Nino and Yasmina.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
Definition of suffused
Verb
  • But images of France's hottest summer remain etched in memories — and in the artwork of illustrator Marina Antonova.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Surely the horror of what happened in New York on September 11th will remain etched upon the soul of everyone who passed through it.
    — Kurt Loder, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of etched
Verb
  • The veteran Premier League title-winner will join fellow former England international Kyle Walker at Turf Moor, with Burnley currently rooted to the foot of the Championship after failing to win any of their opening five games of this term.
    — Andy Jones, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • After three or four weeks, a gentle tug on the stem should meet resistance, indicating that the cutting has rooted.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of rooted
Adjective
  • Even without the Spectre, these drives are clearly powerful grin generators that amp up the camaraderie already intrinsic to car culture—doing so one scenic and amenity-laden leg at a time.
    — Iain Macauley, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Financial Times has argued that the astronomical prices of top modernist paintings are less about intrinsic artistic value than wealth, scarcity, and the concentration of buying power among billionaires.
    — George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of intrinsic
Verb
  • Within these confines the main characters register as aliens; Wendy and Jack aren’t just flustered but people who seem to have never been inculcated with a rudimentary sense of social propriety.
    — Vadim Rizov, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026
  • We were inculcated with the importance of charity, love toward all, good works and humility, and urged to carry those virtues into adulthood.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of inculcated
Verb
  • Each will be engraved with its edition number and is paired with a dark-brown alligator leather strap.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Vuitton’s Pharrell Williams, meanwhile, sent out models sporting dangling silver bands daintily engraved with the brand’s LV monogram.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of engraved
Verb
  • But these capabilities only create value when they are embedded into advisor workflows and governed by clear business ownership.
    — Satish Avhad, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The war is embedded in Putinism, just as Putinism is embedded in the war.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
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