as in to strengthen
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure
the hardship of army training inured her to the rigors of desert warfare
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Recent Examples of inure
The budget Hungarian carrier — with its non-reclining economy seats and practice of charging for practically everything but water onboard — was seen by some as an odd fit for a region inured to some of the cushiest airline fleets in the world.
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Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Well, maybe audiences are inured to these kinds of things by now.
—Nina Metz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Endless pre-Thanksgiving television screenings have inured people to Baum’s radicalism, of what’s arguably the most influential American literary work of the twentieth-century.
—Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
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Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 16 July 2025
Well, maybe audiences are inured to these kinds of things by now.
—Nina Metz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Endless pre-Thanksgiving television screenings have inured people to Baum’s radicalism, of what’s arguably the most influential American literary work of the twentieth-century.
—Literary Hub, 16 May 2025
Like the citizens of Gilead no longer accustomed to a world of unlimited fashion choice, we’re inured to the Handmaids’ livery.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inure
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The Worldpay deal also bolstered Global Payments presence in Europe and strengthened some of its offerings such as e-commerce capabilities.—
Justin Zacks,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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Community Safety Commissioner Todd Barnette says the facility would strengthen the community and is essential to meet the requirements of the consent decree following the murder of George Floyd.—
Ubah Ali,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Physically frail, yet in full verbal command, Julian doesn’t talk to Lori so much as at her, pausing only to fire off questions that harden, in midair, into assumptions.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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As ideological blocs collapsed, political scientist Samuel Huntington’s influential 1996 book Clash of Civilizations articulated a growing anxiety that globalization would harden into cultural antagonism rather than consensus.—
Daniel Birnbaum,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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