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1
as in to inculcate
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession
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2
as in to etch
to produce a vivid impression of
the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory
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as in to entrench
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
an ingrain skepticism that saves him from falling for every hoax that comes along
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Recent Examples of ingrain
Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Since then, lotteries have been ingrained in U.S. history – with mixed success.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
But their aunt Winny Brodt Brown was one of the first stars for the Minnesota program, and ingrained a part of Gopher Nation in the girls’ psyches from an early age.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The plain, pensive framings are shot through with vectors of power both official and unofficial: pandemic regulations and the administrative tangles around real estate impose one kind of stricture; tradition and ingrained mores provide another.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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Verb
At Booz Allen, inclusion is ingrained in the company’s DNA.
—Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Since then, lotteries have been ingrained in U.S. history – with mixed success.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
But their aunt Winny Brodt Brown was one of the first stars for the Minnesota program, and ingrained a part of Gopher Nation in the girls’ psyches from an early age.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2025
The plain, pensive framings are shot through with vectors of power both official and unofficial: pandemic regulations and the administrative tangles around real estate impose one kind of stricture; tradition and ingrained mores provide another.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrain
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Brad has inculcated an ethos of approaching cinema with a longer life, which Dede and I already had seeds of in our respective practices.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
12 Feb. 2025
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Unapologetic in its rejection of discretion regarding gore, the series inculcates Julia Kristeva’s theory of the abject wherein a transgression of boundaries between subjectivity and objectivity, the self and the other, is enabled.—
Sakhi Thirani,
JSTOR Daily,
22 Mar. 2023
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They are etched on the plaque and also in the hearts and minds of our students.—
Grant H. Cornwell,
Orlando Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2025
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Kevin Durant continues to etch his name into NBA history books.—
Ryan Canfield,
Fox News,
12 Feb. 2025
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The country’s economy is tottering and reliant on IMF bailouts, while the powerful military is entrenched in every aspect of life, according to its critics.—
Sophia Saifi,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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The Reds haven’t had a first baseman or third baseman play in at least half of the team’s games since 2021, when Votto and Suárez were entrenched in those spots.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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In today’s digital world, there are inherent tools for marketers in search of a wider and more targeted audience.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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While a qubit can hold multiple values at the same time, it is burdened by an inherent problem.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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For smoother, more comfortable wear, eyeliners infused with soothing ingredients like botanical oils, hyaluronic acid, or vitamin E are a safe bet.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
17 Feb. 2025
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There’s a way in which technology is so deeply sort of infused with our muscles.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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In the study, published in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, a team of researchers has demonstrated that stone artifacts found in certain caves in the Levant were deliberately engraved with geometric patterns.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Finally, the third and final build of Bilgin’s 263-foot superyacht series, Al Reem, completed the triumvirate, clearly engraving the boutique yacht builder’s status as a leader within the industry.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes,
9 Jan. 2025
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But the label’s intrinsic modernity also seems to happily coexist with its deep, winding roots.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
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This illustrates the intrinsic, expensive difficulty of intercepting even dummy intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
19 Feb. 2025
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Still, some of Mr. Merz’s allies suggested Thursday that the episode had effectively inoculated him and the Christian Democrats against claims of being unresponsive to voters on migration.—
Christopher F. Schuetze,
New York Times,
13 Feb. 2025
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Thirteen thousand seedlings have already been inoculated, allowing these symbiotic associations between the tree and the fungi to develop before they are planted out.—
Alexa Phillips,
WIRED,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Ingrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrain. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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