as in suffusing
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 inoculating
Soldiers were self-inoculating without quarantine—which led to rampant rates of infection.
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Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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
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
Creating the haze is a delicate science, one that usually involves using higher-protein grains like oats and wheat, inoculating with a yeast strain that produces fruity aromas, and adding hops just the right moment during fermentation.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2024
Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
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
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
Creating the haze is a delicate science, one that usually involves using higher-protein grains like oats and wheat, inoculating with a yeast strain that produces fruity aromas, and adding hops just the right moment during fermentation.
—Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculating
Verb
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After suffusing some of this lunar simulant with helium-3, Interlune will use those samples to test its extraction methods.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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And, yes, suffusing it all is Pelicot’s interesting unreliability—to herself above all.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 May 2026
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The group will report to two former colleagues of Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg, the billionaire co-founder of Cerberus, who has been infusing military procurement with a by-the-numbers private investing lens.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
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In an act of fantastical baton-passing, Los Javis collaborate with Lorca’s spirit to finalize this play, infusing it with details, moods and lyricism from his life and work.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
25 May 2026
Verb
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Long-term resilience requires investing upstream in prevention rather than continually paying for failure downstream.—
Richard McCathron,
Fortune,
25 May 2026
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Anticipating this change early, DBS began investing heavily in digitalization more than a decade ago.—
DBS Private Bank,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2026
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“Inoculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculating. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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