as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world
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Recent Examples of inoculated
Because of her travels, the new tourist is inoculated against anyone who might try to convince her to hate or look down on people who look different from her, who speak a language other than her own, who pray to a different god, or who happen to live on the other side of a border.
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CBS News, 1 May 2026
Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox, which had ravaged the Continental Army and was scaring away recruits.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
The first French cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, it is aged in limestone caves and inoculated with Penicillum roqueforti, which imparts its distinctive taste.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
For crop protection, the chickpeas were inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Bees and birds carried soil microbes that inoculated and enriched the terrain.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Parents waited in long lines to have their children inoculated, and enterprising physicians went to rural clinics to reach the last isolated clusters of unvaccinated people.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
CBS News, 1 May 2026
Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox, which had ravaged the Continental Army and was scaring away recruits.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
The first French cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, it is aged in limestone caves and inoculated with Penicillum roqueforti, which imparts its distinctive taste.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
For crop protection, the chickpeas were inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Bees and birds carried soil microbes that inoculated and enriched the terrain.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Parents waited in long lines to have their children inoculated, and enterprising physicians went to rural clinics to reach the last isolated clusters of unvaccinated people.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculated
Verb
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And, come evening, the ocean’s surface is suffused with gold as the sun dips beyond the horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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The galleries were suffused with the tang of iron and old cum.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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Saar’s style can best be described as some combination of surreal and grounded — infused with the spirituality that has lived at the core of her work since the ’60s.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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Mosquito coils are essentially rolls of incense infused with citronella that slowly releases the scent to deter flying insects.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 May 2026
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These were easier to produce, and, imbued with the Shaker reputation for purity, were as good as gold.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
4 May 2026
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These associations are imbued with instructive purpose, as every creature offers its own teachings (for example, birds fly in formation, with each taking its turn in front, offering a lesson about the nature of leadership).—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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“Inoculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculated. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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