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
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.
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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
By the 1970s, inured in the culture of the moment, progressive reformers were driven to do something in Baltimore and across America that many of their peers would have considered anathema a decade earlier: rein in the authority of the purportedly wise men running powerful institutions.
—Marc J. Dunkelman, TIME, 27 Feb. 2025
That this change was so long in the making has inured analysts and policymakers to its gravity.
—Sue Mi Terry, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
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That voice continued to echo during Tuesday’s meeting as environmental advocates are moving to strengthen the Marine Protected Area network and coastlines.—
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Even short bouts of moderate exercise, such as brisk walking, can lower blood pressure, improve cholesterol levels, boost mood and strengthen the heart.—
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For dry or gel polish, use ice to harden it, then gently lift or chip it off.—
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Even Iran’s reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian, who had been trying to ease anger before the demonstrations exploded in recent days, offered a hardening tone in an interview aired Sunday.—
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“Inure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inure. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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