instills

present tense third-person singular of instill
as in plants
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 instills This path instills our culture, standards and patient-first philosophy from the start. Prof. Dr. Med. Mazda Farshad, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 That’s why activating existing natural strengths not only boosts the leader’s self-confidence but also instills trust in the team. Gamze Acar Bayraktaroglu, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 As Defense Secretary Dan Ogilvy (Pip Carter) is appointed as interim Prime Minister, Livingston deploys the military into the streets and instills a 24-hour media blackout. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025 There’s a scene in a restaurant in which Sylvia, while reeling from the effects of a weed gummy, tries to unearth a few secrets from her friends, and the way Byrne instills her character’s false confidence into every inebriated gesture and slurred word is nothing short of stunning. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 6 Aug. 2025 Leguizamo instills Bob with a touching tenderness. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Mar. 2025 This knowledge of your limits instills trust and collaboration, allowing others space to chip in with their own abilities. Melissa Sierra, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 The school districts allege the companies designed their products in a way that encourages compulsive use, instills anxiety when users aren’t on the platform often enough and provides inadequate parental controls. Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2025 One intervention program instills a love of learning and fosters self-esteem. Ogar Monday, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for instills
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  • In the second picture, Garth plants a sweet kiss on 44-year-old Abrams’ cheek.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • According to Holmes, plants native to your region are important because they’re adapted to your local climate and conditions.
    Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Hoarding power Authoritarian parenting looks strong but breeds weakness.
    Reem Raouda, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
  • This war has shown the world once again that violence only breeds more violence, and the task before the international community is no longer to imagine peace, but to begin the hard work of reinforcing it.
    Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • More specifically, Chastain’s character embeds herself on dark-web message boards spreading white-supremacist rhetoric.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • But in an interesting twist, the new third installment, The Ed Gein Story, embeds the idea of differing versions of the truth into the season’s narrative.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Rising seas could swallow the land that roots our identity.
    Feleti Penitala Teo, Time, 22 Sep. 2025
  • In a strong culture, everyone roots their daily decisions in a desire to be in it to win it; there's a sense of ownership, pride and belonging.
    Alex Brueckmann, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025

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“Instills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/instills. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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