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also engraining
1
as in inculcating
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 etching
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 entrenching
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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According to Stein, the acid can eat away at the stone’s finish and cause dull spots or etching.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025 -
In these bite-size courses, which can be as short as a week or two, future engineers and technicians can gain critical hands-on experience in clean-room fundamentals or an introduction to topics like lithography or etching.—
Gwendolyn Rak,
IEEE Spectrum,
25 Sep. 2025
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People seeking care may become targets of surveillance; entrenching existing patterns where disability, neurodivergence and poverty are not only criminalized— but now automated and scaled.—
Kate Caldwell,
Mercury News,
30 Sep. 2025
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Trump has indicated plans to appoint governors who favor aggressive rate cuts, a move that could offer short-term relief given softening labor data but risks entrenching higher inflation over time.—
Bob Haber,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Dove knows a thing or two about infusing yummy aromas into moisturizing products.—
Staff Author,
PEOPLE,
26 Sep. 2025
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But infusing the college experience with the technology is deeply misguided.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
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Thanks for giving me my tombstone engraving!—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
22 Aug. 2025
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But in lieu of an actual team, the city is full of older fans clinging to bygone stories, younger fans finding other rooting interests and an NHL-ready arena that just celebrated its 10th birthday in September with no NHL tenant.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Every Democrat voted against rooting that out.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll.—
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech,
The Hill,
15 Sep. 2025
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Harbor District included in proposal A new city plan proposes branding part of Milwaukee's Walker’s Point neighborhood as an Innovation District to foster tech development.—
Tom Daykin,
jsonline.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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After all, everything is branding.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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The Central Saint Martins graduate did that by imbuing his sculptural shapes with textural materials inspired by houndstooth coats, leopard shirts, and twinsets made by his grandmother.—
Violet Goldstone,
Footwear News,
24 Sep. 2025
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Smith credits Mackie with imbuing John with vulnerability.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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