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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

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

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 sound was as unchanging as the sacred positions of the crayon enlargement of Mrs. Ericson's father, the green-glass top-hat for matches, or the violent ingrain rug with its dog's-head pattern.

From The Trail of the Hawk A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life by Sinclair Lewis




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