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
Anti-vaxxers aren’t born; they’re inoculated against their wills.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
For decades, people worldwide have been inoculated with a live, attenuated virus.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
This aside is a rare reference to the efforts Washington employed in February 1777 to have the whole Continental Army inoculated against smallpox.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Those of us lucky enough to have English as a native language are to some degree inoculated from this issue, given its status as the language of business, aviation and international education.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
But with bokashi composting, organic matter is placed in an airtight composter or bucket, covered with a natural bran inoculated with beneficial microorganisms, and fermented for 2 weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
Jenner inoculated an 8-year-old boy using matter from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
—Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
Adults who have not been inoculated can also receive the vaccine.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Safeguarded against predators, inoculated against disease.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
For decades, people worldwide have been inoculated with a live, attenuated virus.
—Megha Satyanarayana, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2025
This aside is a rare reference to the efforts Washington employed in February 1777 to have the whole Continental Army inoculated against smallpox.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Those of us lucky enough to have English as a native language are to some degree inoculated from this issue, given its status as the language of business, aviation and international education.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2025
But with bokashi composting, organic matter is placed in an airtight composter or bucket, covered with a natural bran inoculated with beneficial microorganisms, and fermented for 2 weeks.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Jan. 2025
Jenner inoculated an 8-year-old boy using matter from a cowpox sore on the hand of a milkmaid.
—Chris Mueller, Austin American-Statesman, 29 Nov. 2024
Adults who have not been inoculated can also receive the vaccine.
—Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
Safeguarded against predators, inoculated against disease.
—Nielsen Dinwoodie, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculated
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The resort boasts 59 casita-style guest rooms and 96 expansive one to four-bedroom residential villas offering guests barefoot luxury infused with the spirit of Baja.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Leigh is an accomplished artist whose work across mediums is infused with powerful social commentary.—
Keyaira Boone,
Essence,
9 Apr. 2025
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As many transgender people know, even the most mundane objects — a necktie, a name badge, a dress — can be imbued with intense personal meaning.—
Emma Cieslik,
Them,
13 Mar. 2025
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As men turned to practical, less frivolous garments, their shoe heels also remained sensible — though not for women, whose heel heights were imbued with complex social and political implications with every added or subtracted half-inch.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Inoculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculated. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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