instilling

verb

present participle of instill
as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a charismatic leader who instilled in his followers a passionate commitment to the cause

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Recent Examples of instilling Instead, Price credits his mother for instilling in him the value of perseverance, forged from her battle with breast cancer as a single mother. — Andrew Destin, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026 Glick credits her mom, a travel advisor, for introducing her to AAA Four and Five Diamond Hotels from a young age and instilling in her a love of hospitality. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Sep. 2026 What to read next Shows like Cowboy Bebop had a ragtag team of underdogs exploring the solar system, instilling lessons about loneliness and existentialism. — George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Alongside his parents, Nadal credits his uncle and longtime coach, Toni, with instilling his trademark mental toughness. — Max Gao, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026 Quarterback Will Wood said the Hawks have focused a lot of the summer on instilling the program’s culture in the developing players. — Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2026 These include clarifying career direction and expectations, instilling confidence in organizational and personal future performance and growth, as well as providing connection to purpose, leaders and colleagues. — John M. Bremen, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Kaplan, who would go on to serve as a director on a number of in-development projects for MTV, including Daria, credits that exchange with Judge for instilling in her what good work could do. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 The means for doing so include increasing the property assessment threshold for existing tax exemptions, creating new exemptions for senior citizens, and, in the case of Tennessee, instilling outright prohibitions on state property taxes. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instilling
  1. planting
  2. breeding
  3. implanting
  4. embedding
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  • Avoid planting them in areas where other legumes have been grown over the past two years, and look for pea varieties known for their shoots and tendrils.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Florida citrus growers are planting trees with gene-editing technology to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that has devastated many of their crops.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of planting
Verb
  • The first calf was born in 2013; by 2025, the project had become one of Namibia’s larger privately run rhino-breeding operations.
    — Rhett Ayers Butler, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The William & Mary biologist followed their recovery from the DDT era as the bay became home to the world’s largest breeding population of ospreys.
    — Mark Robichaux, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of breeding
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  • Cultured pearls, as opposed to natural ones, are created by implanting a shell bead into a mollusk.
    — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The two-part procedure involves implanting thin electrodes into precise areas of the brain linked to Tourette symptoms, then connecting them under the skin to a pulse generator near the collarbone.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of implanting
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  • Part of it has to do with Tariq, a Pakistani American filmmaker who partially grew up in Texas and has a knack for embedding a dizzying aesthetic into cross-cultural explorations.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
  • By starting with high-value use cases, embedding governance and security by design, and establishing clear economic measures tied to business outcomes, organizations can move from isolated AI pilots to scalable AI execution.
    — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of embedding

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“Instilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instilling. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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