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also engraining
1
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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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 rooting
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Verb
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Regularly cleaning your glass shower doors is essential for maintaining their clarity and protecting them from permanent damage or etching.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
8 Jan. 2026 -
Mark Scheifele spent 2025 etching his name into Winnipeg Jets and Atlanta Thrashers franchise record books.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
3 Jan. 2026
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Adding rooting hormone helps hardwood cuttings root faster.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 Jan. 2026
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As a student in grade school, Vahl was in the stands, watching the excitement and rooting on the Panthers.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2026
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But in all realities, the E3 uses two auto-focus points – like a stereo range finder – for engraving over uneven or concave/convex surfaces.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
14 Nov. 2025
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Just start engraving the Tony statues right now.—
EW Staff,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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The award recognizes the company’s approach to embedding solar power into vehicle exterior components while preserving automotive-grade design and safety standards.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Jan. 2026
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Cuban operatives played a central role in shaping how the regime monitored dissent and protected senior leadership, embedding themselves inside Venezuela’s intelligence services.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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What's trending will make your house, apartment, or condo feel truly like a home, while infusing your space with warmth, color, and intentionally cozy touches.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
6 Jan. 2026
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Drinks In the drinks department, blueberries are excellent for freezing into ice cubes, infusing into water or tea, or boiling down into a simple syrup, says Hall.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
31 Dec. 2025
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Though town officials tried to push other activities, such as snowmobiling, ice skating and snowshoeing, lodging bookings plummeted in the wake of the resort’s closure.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
8 Jan. 2026
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Measures in Gilpin, Hinsdale, Ouray and Eagle counties will generate funds through lodging taxes.—
Jenn Finders,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2026
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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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Recent developments in Sudan's bloody civil war have left one of Africa's largest nations split in two, entrenching two factions that have both been accused of widespread abuses and threatening to spread further instability across the region.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Nov. 2025
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On the hardware side over 10+ million devices have been built around a recovery phrase by default, entrenching a market expectation in which seed phrases are the go-to recovery method, even as some vendors add alternatives.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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