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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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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.—
Tarot.com,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2026 -
Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Helium is used during the etching process, when material that's been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2026
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In chipmaking, fabricators rely on helium most crucially during etching—the selective removal of material to give a chip its features.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2026
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Or watch the stretch run and the playoffs with no rooting interest whatsoever, and just enjoy some high-stakes hockey.—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Cut or twist off a length of stem containing three to five segments, dip the cut end into rooting hormone, and place in a container filled with potting mix in bright, indirect light.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
15 Mar. 2026
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Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 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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Miro’s main app, a productivity software that dates back over a decade, is now embedding AI.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 Mar. 2026
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Enter Louis Theroux, a British documentarian known for embedding himself in volatile subcultures and extracting sincere insights.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2026
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Pluto is in your sign, infusing your spirit with intense, heady power.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Mar. 2026
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This is done by infusing air with microscopic particles of pharmaceutical-grade salt, which are small enough to enter your mouth or nose and fill your body with mineral-rich air.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
20 Mar. 2026
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There’s excellent boutique shopping, a diverse range of cuisines to sample, and lodging options suitable for any size or type of travel group.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
12 Mar. 2026
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There is also plenty of lodging in the neighboring tourist town of Hot Springs.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
30 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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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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