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ingrain

[in-greyn, in-greyn] / ɪnˈgreɪn, ˈɪnˌgreɪn /
VERB
imbue
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Also, Kansas City Fed President Schmid said additional rate cuts could do more to ingrain higher inflation than shore up the labor market, Nugent adds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Regular discussions about privacy, safety and online ethics help ingrain these lessons.

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

Missing on this day was the slow swing rehearsal to ingrain the changes he made to his swing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2023

Like any elementary school punishment, the instructions were meant to ingrain a point of view in young and aspiring artists.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2020

The parlor was on the west of the hall, with its ingrain carpet and plain furniture, which then seemed quite fine to my childish eyes.

From The Story of the Toys by Dodge, Mary Harris Toy