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
This preoccupation misses the elephant in the room: the disintegration or collapse of the Black family, the prime engine for inculcating behavioral norms indispensable to success.
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
Lammy’s education inculcated in him the rituals and expectations of the British establishment.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
This is generally seen as a positive, a sign that there’s a noble human tendency to be guided by our own internal moral compass, to remain faithful to the beliefs inculcated or passed on to us by our parents, caregivers, or cultural upbringing.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
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Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 23 Jan. 2025
Lammy’s education inculcated in him the rituals and expectations of the British establishment.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
This is generally seen as a positive, a sign that there’s a noble human tendency to be guided by our own internal moral compass, to remain faithful to the beliefs inculcated or passed on to us by our parents, caregivers, or cultural upbringing.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
In his autobiography, Franklin recounts his plan to inculcate virtue and expel vice.
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inculcate
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Today, jazz suffuses the city so completely that the genre is embedded in funeral traditions here, as brass bands often accompany mourners from the church to the cemetery in a celebratory display.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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The rhythmic and narrative thrust of Khan’s Kathak suffuses everything.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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James’ timber and forestry operation, based in New Brunswick, has planted more than a billion trees since 1957.—
Roy Canivel,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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They were planted around a century ago, when the circus tycoon John Ringling and his wife, Mable, took up residence in their sprawling new winter estate in Sarasota, Florida.—
Thao Thai,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2025
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Where the Season 2 finale imbued its important action scenes with a modicum of whimsy, last night’s episode presented little by way of humor, stylistic finesse, or emotional release.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Through years in medical school and residency training physicians are imbued in the scientific method.—
Primary care physicians,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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Lamm says that Romulus, Remus, and Khaleesi will not be allowed to breed; moreover, the company anticipates genetically engineering just three to five more of the animals.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
7 Apr. 2025
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As of now, there's no plan for the wolves to breed.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Yet his exquisite visual compositions (of lonely bedrooms, concrete piers, and nocturnal courtyards) infuse even the film’s racy images with a somber sense of longing and introspection, finding beauty and humanity in the midst of the macabre.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Or try this Southwest Texas ceramic planter, $15.99 at Walmart, for a chance to infuse more color into your room.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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As the founder and CEO of World Trade Resource (WTR), Branch has dedicated his career to helping organizations enhance performance by instilling cultural intelligence.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA Today,
6 Apr. 2025
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The Association of American Law Schools (AALS), which is a learned society of more than 175 law schools nationwide, has as one of its core values for membership dedication to instilling in law students the obligation to respect the rule of law.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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These leaders should consider how to embed inclusiveness into their organizational culture and overall HR practices.—
Dan Pontefract,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Iranian artists and intellectuals tend to rely on subtlety, embedding meaning within layers of metaphor and covert language: a necessity in a place where direct expression often comes at great risk.—
Rebecca Ruth Gould,
JSTOR Daily,
9 Apr. 2025
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According to Castro, what makes the Trump administration’s revocations unique is that they are sometimes rooted on the exercise of free speech – a basis that could eventually be challenged in court.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
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Those runners root themselves in the soil near the mother plant.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Inculcate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inculcate. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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