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
Roth said employees at the charity would have to be expressing and inculcating religious doctrine, such as requiring participation in a prayer before a meal is served at a soup kitchen.
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
This approach, driven by the following strategies, can help inculcate a culture of innovation and transform teams into innovation champions.
—Sivakumar Ramakrishnan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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
Lammy’s education inculcated in him the rituals and expectations of the British establishment.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
This approach, driven by the following strategies, can help inculcate a culture of innovation and transform teams into innovation champions.
—Sivakumar Ramakrishnan, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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
Lammy’s education inculcated in him the rituals and expectations of the British establishment.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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His work is suffused with such affection for the edge places where Europe bleeds into its others—Venice, Trieste, Alexandria, Algiers—that the continent becomes all edge.—
Nicholas Dames,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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Kaunas: Where the Grand Duchy Endures As the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania — one of Europe’s largest and most powerful nations during the Late Middle Ages and early Renaissance — Kaunas is suffused with history.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The fruit is planted and harvested by hand, which explains why delivered pineapples arrive without their crowns as they are used to plant new fruits — creating a sustainable growth process.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The sense of urgency over shortages has risen now that rice crops have just been planted, with harvests several months away.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Made by the expert hands of Italian craftsmen — guardians of centuries-old jewelry traditions — these treasures emerge as miniature masterpieces, imbued with an unmistakable allure.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
23 May 2025
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But her watchful, alert bearing imbues the character with a sort of unspoken backstory.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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The disgraced zookeeper — who bred and kept tigers, lions and other animals at his G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma — was also charged with other crimes, including killing tigers to make way for more big cats at his park.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The study analyzed starlings from central Kenya that breed twice a year, during rainy seasons.—
Jay Kakade
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2025
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Abramović’s work has always been educationally infused with Balkan wisdom and sensibilities from her childhood — she was born in Belgrade, Serbia, then part of Yugoslavia.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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The hotel's dog-friendly atmosphere infuses the space with warmth, while the nearby Brooklyn Bowl provides an ideal launchpad for nighttime adventures.—
Malik Peay,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
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Griner said her father instilled in her the importance of connection.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
22 May 2025
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So many horrible things fate has thrown at him from the very beginning of his life to today - and that instilled in him a spirit that so many people love, which is the guy who gets up after getting knocked down.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
20 May 2025
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Various vendors demoed other full dashboard displays embedded in other automotive applications at the show.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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Monday, May 19 at 2 a.m. ET (video embedded above).—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Life offers a series of uncomfortable truths, often rooted not in surface-level perception but in our deeper human wiring.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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But the specter of A.I. misuse, and the imperfect systems used to root it out, may also be affecting students who are following the rules.—
Callie Holtermann,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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