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ingrain

[in-grayn, in-grayn] / 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

Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb trusts Burns to attack practice head-on to teach, develop and ingrain defensive principles when players arrive at University Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2024

He had to ingrain himself in the school and the Central District community, where the Rodriguez name still holds lots of weight.

From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2024

Afterwards, where there are any gold or silver flowers, take a piece of crimson ingrain velvet, rub the flowers with it, which will restore them to their original lustre.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley


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