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as in deep
firmly established over time
he has an inveterate tendency to tell some very tall tales
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as in chronic
being such by habit and not likely to change
the man is an inveterate liar who only rarely tells the truth
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Recent Examples of inveterate
My wife and younger son, however, are inveterate puzzle solvers.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
An inveterate performer, Carvey gave off a sense of perpetual people-pleasing, and the results were undeniably popular and hilarious, as the laughs echoed throughout his sketches.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Cecilia Rodriguez is a professional journalist and inveterate traveler covering Culture and Travel trends in Europe.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
An inveterate bus rider of the old No. 6, Eldridge believed in public transportation.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2025
An inveterate performer, Carvey gave off a sense of perpetual people-pleasing, and the results were undeniably popular and hilarious, as the laughs echoed throughout his sketches.
—Dennis Perkins, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2025
Cecilia Rodriguez is a professional journalist and inveterate traveler covering Culture and Travel trends in Europe.
—Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
An inveterate bus rider of the old No. 6, Eldridge believed in public transportation.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveterate
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Frequently, capital comes with deep industry roots — a former music executive backing a music startup, or a healthcare veteran funding a medtech company.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Subprime borrowers and deep subprime borrowers are not likely to buy new cars.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tumors growing where chronic injury has hijacked DNA repair and allowed malignant cells to escape control.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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There is a chronic lack of supply across the country, estimated by some experts to be between 4 and 7 million homes.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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They aren't meant to provide lifelong or even long-term income streams.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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To mark the centenary of Pablo Picasso’s radical 1925 painting The Three Dancers, Tate Modern presents Theatre Picasso, a bold, immersive exhibition exploring the legendary artist’s lifelong engagement with performance, identity, and transformation.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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As the fragrance dries down, all the sparkle and hard-core coconut evaporate.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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The hard-core Irish fan had his own solo comedy tour for the past year that sold out Madison Square Garden.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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In a sign of entrenched woes facing the world’s second-largest economy, data released this week showed factory output and consumption rising in August at their weakest pace in around a year.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
17 Sep. 2025
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As power players become more entrenched with their own priorities and vested interests, policy disagreements will likely deepen.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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Luxurious accommodations include 182 guestrooms, suites and villas are tucked discreetly across 60 acres of mangroves and freshwater canals, balancing seclusion with a strong sense of rooted place.—
Roger Sands,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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This reflects not just the generic moral disengagement but the fact that currently Democrats and Republicans are having disagreements over things that are very, very deeply rooted and often very difficult to talk about.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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Among confirmed titles are the studies of democracy and the democratic process.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
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If 42 days passes without a confirmed infection, that chain of contagiousness is generally considered broken, explains Gabriel Benavidez, an epidemiologist at Baylor University in Texas.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Inveterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveterate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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