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verb

past tense of inure

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Recent Examples of inured
Adjective
Through such knowing details, the film appeals to insiders, but also seems to consider the more shallow aspects of Korean pop culture, and whether devotees become inured to a lot of stuff that just isn’t very good. Yvonne Kim, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 The danger in conflating different stories into a data breach that never was is that users become inured to the real advice. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Erudite cynics like Karl Rove have written that gerrymandering has been around as long as there have been politicians and districts and that public officials invariably become inured to their own hypocrisy. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
The pain is felt on both sides, although the Kremlin appears to be inured to it. Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inured
Adjective
  • Most varieties are hardy in Zones 5-9, and some, like English lavender, can handle extreme cold and harsh winter weather.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Warm-weather plants, like peppers, should only be planted outdoors after your last frost date of spring, but cold-hardy crops, like brassicas, can be planted earlier.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Consumer spending has continued to prove resilient, and business investment, far from retreating, has strengthened in sectors tied to artificial intelligence, energy infrastructure, and manufacturing reshoring.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Abuja published guidance on how the private sector should work with government agencies to tackle financial crimes, and Pretoria has strengthened legislation on the disclosure of beneficial ownership for companies and trusts.
    Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The lone crack in Yesavage’s sturdy exterior came in the first inning.
    Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • That means the buds form on the previous year’s growth and are fully formed and hardened by fall.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Subsequent congressional investigations, post-campaign books, and news stories have only hardened public opinion that, with his mental acuity faltering and physical stamina limited, Biden should have stepped aside after a single term.
    David Mark, The Washington Examiner, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In fact, while vision isn’t their strongest sense, dogs may even be able to see certain aspects of a TV show.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The young right-hander put together a strong season, but few were better after the All-Star break.
    Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The volume opens with a photo of TCU’s Land Acknowledgment monument, a rugged, granite boulder with a circular bronze plaque.
    Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
  • There was a lull from mid-March through the end of the regular season — the team, at least at the time, pointed to a rugged schedule with trips all over the country sandwiched around brief stops at home — but when the playoffs began, well, the Cavs had the best series, statistically, in history.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lammens was perhaps fortunate to escape sanction then (Stuart Atwell booked the forward for diving), but this was a valuable occasion ahead of tougher tests, beginning at Anfield.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2025
  • There will be some tough picking in there, but typically the predicting business gets a little easier in region play.
    Tyler Palmateer, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Divide plants into clumps with three to five vigorous shoots each, discarding any small, weak, or woody portions.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Only 22% of kids did moderate-to-vigorous exercise before bed, in rare, short bouts.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Inured.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inured. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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