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as in suffusing
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 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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as in rooting
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 ingraining
While Heritage maintains that there was not a financial aspect to the agreement, the two organizations have held multiple events together since, further ingraining Orban’s brand of nationalism into the American conservative psyche.
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Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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After suffusing some of this lunar simulant with helium-3, Interlune will use those samples to test its extraction methods.
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And, yes, suffusing it all is Pelicot’s interesting unreliability—to herself above all.
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Evidence of this residue can be seen as water spots or etching glass surfaces, clean laundry that feels stiff and scratchy, and toilet bowl rings that trap bacteria.
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Using computer simulations, the research team found that pre-treating Molybdenum disulfide with oxygen or fluorine significantly improves control during the etching process.
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But at some point, rooting for Scheffler turned into rooting against Clark.
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In any year, in any culture, there are no antagonists (save for Nazis) better suited as action cinema heavies; rooting against child trafficking lowlifes is moral, easy, and best of all, a completely guiltless pleasure.
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The concept was creatively directed by Allison Freidin, co-founder of Museum of Graffiti, who framed the whole project around infusing fashion, performance and culture into the single most important sporting event on the planet.
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Their bird-call voices cast an alluring glow over the music’s surface, infusing Demand to Be Taken to Heaven Alive!
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Each guest takes home a 50ml spray bottle of their creation, with optional bottle engraving available.
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Since Europeans considered literacy a crucial marker of civilization, the engraving highlights English hopes that Indigenous Americans could rapidly embrace the colonists’ culture.
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Within the next year, Samsung will begin embedding Google Gemini directly into Bespoke AI refrigerators, microwaves, and ranges.
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First, designing from circularity and embedding regeneration as a core standard for material design while mandating traceability.
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Soldiers were self-inoculating without quarantine—which led to rampant rates of infection.
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Louvered windows are opened to allow outside air in, cooling the wort and inoculating it with microbes that will magically start fermentation.
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From a range of lodging options to activities and amenities that will please your whole crew, Ocean Edge delivers both classic Cape Cod vibes and a genuinely great family vacation experience.
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Hyatt House Pleasanton was one of several hotels engulfed in a massive nationwide loan failure for lodging properties.
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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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