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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 inculcated
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
Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 July 2025
So to maintain their productivity, many companies participating in the study eliminated superfluous meetings and other time-wasting, if deeply ingrained, activities.
—Nick Sibilla, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Every important law — especially something so socially ingrained as immigration — needs Democrats on board.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Lucy’s Law originally contained another stipulation that would have impacted Florida’s deeply ingrained boating culture regarding vessel safety training.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
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Adjective
The idea of the commercial break is so ingrained in TV storytelling that writers have long used it to their advantage: Building the action to a cut-to-black before ads is a structure many classic TV series employ.
—Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 23 July 2025
So to maintain their productivity, many companies participating in the study eliminated superfluous meetings and other time-wasting, if deeply ingrained, activities.
—Nick Sibilla, Forbes.com, 31 July 2025
Every important law — especially something so socially ingrained as immigration — needs Democrats on board.
—Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Lucy’s Law originally contained another stipulation that would have impacted Florida’s deeply ingrained boating culture regarding vessel safety training.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
Adjective
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There’s more at stake here than mitigating inherent technological risks.—
Kevin Korte,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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There is an inherent queerness (both socially and erotically) between Sula and Nel, which only Morrison can make palpable through her magical prose.—
m. mick powell
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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For a variety of reasons the yellow metal keeps its intrinsic value better than anything else.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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That intrinsic joy—along with the fact that both shows feature characters who originated from Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood—made bringing them together for a crossover episode a natural choice.—
Jana Pollack,
Parents,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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As men turned to practical, less frivolous garments, their shoe heels also remained sensible — though not for women, whose heel heights were imbued with complex social and political implications with every added or subtracted half-inch.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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As many transgender people know, even the most mundane objects — a necktie, a name badge, a dress — can be imbued with intense personal meaning.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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To thank Murph, Wetzel bought her a pistol engraved with their names and the song’s title that took three months to make.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
4 Mar. 2025
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The case—built from wood species living in The Glen Grant Distillery’s Garden of Splendours—is engraved with Himalayan Blue Poppies, which have grown in the garden for almost 140 years.—
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Some of them, though, are embedded in that seabed.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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This certificate, embedded as metadata in the document, would create an unalterable record of its authenticity and source.—
Quora,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The lawsuit asks the court to declare that ICE wrongly arrested, detained and deported Rosario, Romeo and Ruby, as well as Julia, Jade and Janelle, in violation of their constitutional rights.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
12 Aug. 2025
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The state legalized the drug recreationally via a 2012 state constitutional amendment, becoming the second state to do so at the time.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
11 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The footprints were likely imprinted onto the boulder as the dinosaurs passed across a patch of wet, white clay, possibly walking along or crossing a waterway during the Early Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago, Romilio said.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
13 Mar. 2025
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His shirts all had my lip gloss imprinted on the chest because I wasn't used to hugging someone so tall yet.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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In addition, there is a growing concern around AI and its potential impact, thus increasing the likelihood of ambiguity becoming deeply entrenched in the workforce.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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With a Labour government entrenched until at least 2029, that’s unlikely to happen anytime, but the big brands are also big planners, and always thinking about the success of the next generation.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Ingrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrained. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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