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
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.
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Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculating
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The goal is to make our customers feel represented and empowered, while infusing joy into every product.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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Others blend their coffee with a few scoops of plant protein powder, infusing their coffee with about 20–25 g of protein.—
Cynthia Sass,
Health,
28 Oct. 2025
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That person believes in investing more in the emotional connection than anything else.—
Essence,
Essence,
5 Nov. 2025
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While Lin has led the firm’s early stage investing since 2017, Grady has steered Sequoia’s growth stage investing practice since 2015, leading deals in Snowflake, Zoom, ServiceNow, Harvey, and OpenEvidence.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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“Inoculating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculating. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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