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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
Part of the emotional appeal of Reaganism was that there were left-of-center reprimands that seemed like an insult, an effort to inculcate shame, an effort to cast American history in a way that wasn’t sufficiently celebratory.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
Notably, said Kriner, individuals who are inculcated with a sense of nihilism do not commit crimes to achieve an ideological goal.
—Odette Yousef, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
Another important way is to inculcate mindfulness by observing anger as a passing emotion rather than being all consumed by it.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
Imbued with empathy, Canseco is poised to extend the ambassador mentality inculcated at the fair in her first-in-her-family journey to college.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2025
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Rafiq suspected that the anxiety suffusing the market had made any pickpockets unlikely to be scoping out potential shoppers.—
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The film draws power from the subtle specificity; Børsum’s voice, low and knowing, comes suffused with an ineffable meaning.—
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Nursery starts or bare-root plants typically begin fruiting two to three months after planting, while plants grown from runners or seeds may take until their second year.—
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Savor the Spice Island with a visit to Belmont Estate, where cocoa tours and hands-on chocolate-making experiences are perfumed by acres of gardens planted with nutmeg and cinnamon.—
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This will infuse your space with even more meaning.—
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At the core of it are herbs—grand wormwood, green anise, and fennel—that are infused and re-distilled and flavored usually with more herbs like angelica, star anise, licorice root, and others.—
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Doing so bred hope for more days like Monday, when an overflow crowd stood inside a stuffy press conference room to witness, perhaps, the beginning of Crane’s vision.—
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Chorus frogs, spring peepers and other winter-breeding frogs start calling.—
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For Martinez, the heart of the play lies in connection, honesty, and the truth Lopez has imbued in the characters’ lives.—
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His grandparents imbued his childhood with tales about the strip of land at the center of a Cherokee town built by their ancestors more than 1,000 years ago.—
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There is personal growth taking place inside the four walls of this school that instills a sense of somebodyness in its students.—
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But for those who have taken the plunge, VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth says the asset class is instilling a sense of loyalty — despite bouts of volatility.—
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Some try to inoculate themselves against it.—
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Symptoms include severe headaches, high fevers, excessive vomiting, stiff neck and confusion, according to the CDC, and the best way to inoculate yourself against the disease is through vaccination.—
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As governments and companies embed Gen AI deeper into workflow, that gap matters more every quarter.—
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Caterpillar said the technology embeds autonomy directly into construction workflows, targeting safer operations, higher precision, and improved productivity across global projects.—
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“Inculcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcate. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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