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as in suffusing
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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as in etching
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 rooting
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Recent Examples of ingraining While Heritage maintains that there was not a financial aspect to the agreement, the two organizations have held multiple events together since, further ingraining Orban’s brand of nationalism into the American conservative psyche. —
Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
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Your energetic 5th house hosts the meeting of Mercury and Pluto, suffusing your hobbies with cosmic delight.— Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
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Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
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The bowl itself looks like a flower petal, and features detailed, spiral etching in the center.— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
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If Your Glassware Is Etched If the haze remains after testing or treating with vinegar, etching is likely the culprit.— Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 30 Mar. 2026
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But Jeane is focused on rooting the process in equity and using the situation as an opportunity to optimize operations.— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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After rooting, the cuttings can be kept in their original pots, transplanted into larger containers, or hardened off and transplanted outside into garden beds.— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Apr. 2026
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Lubeck’s distinctive style—marked by one-of-a-kind antique stones and intricate hand-engraving work—caught Swift’s eye.— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
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Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.— Claire Wang, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
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His joint-embedding predictive architecture (JEPA) is designed to build machines that develop internal models of the world through observation, the way humans do, rather than through text prediction.— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2026
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By embedding access, authorship and representation into the filmmaking, the project reflects the principles of self-determination and leadership that the movement demanded.— Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Apr. 2026
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These small décor items are essential when outfitting a space and infusing it with a dollop of your own charisma, but too many tiny trinkets can lead to a cluttered feel fast, says interior designer Jennifer Pacca.— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Apr. 2026
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Manuel Bonilla brings a contrasting energy as New Art, infusing the role with youthful optimism that plays against Old Art’s weariness.— Michelle F. Solomon, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2026
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Those vessels were apparently Indian, with New Delhi lodging a complaint with Tehran.— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 22 Apr. 2026
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Immerse yourself in the natural beauty of Vietnam, with lodging for as little as $15 a night and inexpensive local cuisine.— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2026
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Louvered windows are opened to allow outside air in, cooling the wort and inoculating it with microbes that will magically start fermentation.— Don Tse, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
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Similarly, white Americans are nearly four times as likely to skip or delay vaccinating their children compared to Asian Americans, with 19 percent and 5 percent, respectively, forgoing or putting off inoculating their kids, according to the poll.— Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Ingraining.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/ingraining. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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