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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
Critics of Israel often rightly point out that Palestinian radicalization is less the result of inveterate ideology than of continuous Israeli occupation, violence, and dispossession.
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
An inveterate self-promoter, Salieri is determined to control how he’ll be remembered.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.
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Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 2025
The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.
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Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2026
An inveterate self-promoter, Salieri is determined to control how he’ll be remembered.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
Chris Matthews, the inveterate Washington insider and analyst, joins us to talk about the state of politics and the press.
—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
5 Dec. 2025
The La Mancha manor home’s namesake, Josie, (real name is José Fernández-Pacheco) is an inveterate aesthete who is best known to Spanish television audiences as a presenter extraordinaire.
—
Maite Sebastiá,
Architectural Digest,
4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inveterate
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The arils are deep ruby-red in color and have a sweet yet slightly tart flavor that many people find refreshing.
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Facing intense competition, Accor recognized the need for deeper customer retention and advocacy.
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Children, older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are most at risk, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
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Many modern-day diseases can be traced back to chronic gut symptoms.
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Edward, who has spent his lifelong federal career at a military base in New York, has little interest in driving to Niagara Falls for its days-long fireworks display, let alone traveling to New York City for its sprawling maritime celebration.
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The area last week was surrounded by surveillance cameras and patrolled by National Guardsmen as lifelong resident John Cates strolled the area.
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But true soccer fans know the value inherent in a jersey, especially original ones.
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The best matching linen sets possess an inherent unfussy ease that allow you look composed yet unhurried.
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These are not social Democrats, these are hard-core, godless communists.
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The chugging and churning riffs of the Swedish hard-core band’s breakout song once used to echo the pressure-cooker atmosphere of the kitchen.
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The issue is so entrenched that even college professors are complaining that undergrads are barely able to get through the basic reading they’re assigned.
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Vibe coding offers a fast way to build a working application, but such apps are unlikely to be able to compete with the scale of features and governance offered by entrenched SaaS vendors.
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Born in Jakarta and raised in Austin, Texas, her Chinese-Indonesian heritage and passion for travel informed her sensibility for stories that are formally inventive and culturally rooted.
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His 2023 Sangiovese comes from old vines whose cuttings were smuggled from Isole e Olena and Fontodi in Chianti in the mid-1980s, own-rooted, never replicated.
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There is no confirmed list, but that hasn’t stopped fans and the media from throwing out names like Callum Turner, Harris Dickinson and Jacob Elordi.
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That brings the confirmed One UI 9 internal testing lineup to the Galaxy S23, S24, S24 FE, S25, S26, A35, A56 and now the A57.
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“Inveterate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inveterate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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