1
as in to suffuse
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
dedicated teachers inculcating young minds with a love of learning
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as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a malcontent who inculcated in his offspring an abiding distrust of all civil authority
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Recent Examples of inculcate
Lammy’s education inculcated in him the rituals and expectations of the British establishment.
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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
This is a unique public-private partnership effort which involves conservation organizations such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to inculcate environmental education across the country.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
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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Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
This is a unique public-private partnership effort which involves conservation organizations such as the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to inculcate environmental education across the country.
—Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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Today, jazz suffuses the city so completely that the genre is embedded in funeral traditions here, as brass bands often accompany mourners from the church to the cemetery in a celebratory display.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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The rhythmic and narrative thrust of Khan’s Kathak suffuses everything.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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The only problem is that planting much of a garden requires having a home with a back yard, a comfort that many millennials gave up on ever achieving around 2008.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
16 Apr. 2025
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If planting in full sun be sure to provide consistent moisture.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
16 Apr. 2025
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Columbia was also ordered to overhaul its admissions process and recruitment of international students, and imbue campus security with the power of arrest.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
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The department became a center of liberal and creative thought imbued with a 1960s activist aesthetic, keyed to pressing societal woes.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Lamm says that Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi will not be allowed to breed; moreover, the company anticipates genetically engineering just three to five more of the animals.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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As of now, there's no plan for the wolves to breed.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Serving as an influential authority in the field of environmental restoration, disinfection, and bioremediation, ITS environmental services has built a steady reputation for effective professionalism infused with kindness.—
William Mullane,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2025
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With that thinking in mind, Dove infused its body wash with millions of teeny-tiny droplets that metaphorically and literally fill in the cracks.—
Dianna Singh,
Allure,
18 Apr. 2025
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Some parents worry that Alexa's high tolerance for rudeness instills poor behavior in their kids, according to Quartz.—
Emily Forlini,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Though the sisters have indistinguishable hairstyles, Davis instills her characters with completely distinct personalities without being over-the-top about it, in ways only a master can.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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These leaders should consider how to embed inclusiveness into their organizational culture and overall HR practices.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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But in recent years, lung disease for miners has become a major concern again, Laney says, because coal increasingly comes from mines embedded in sandstone, and which generates dust that's 20 times more damaging to lungs than coal.—
Yuki Noguchi,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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After, wet the stem cutting and dip the end of it into a rooting hormone, which encourages strong, uniform root development.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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Step 4: Dip the cut end of the stem cutting into rooting hormone.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Inculcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcate. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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