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internalize

[in-tur-nl-ahyz] / ɪnˈtɜr nlˌaɪz /
VERB
incorporate within one's self
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The result, she said, is that consumers may internalize economic anxiety more intensely than they did during earlier periods of high inflation.

From Barron's ● May 27, 2026

Such adjustments can take months to internalize, which is why specific drills are prescribed to reinforce changes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

Bird designed tools to help the kids budget, and holds weekly money meetings to check in and reinforce the ideas she hopes her children, now 11, 9 and 8 years old, will internalize.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 4, 2026

But other industry players distanced themselves from BP rather than internalize the lessons.

From Slate ● Jan. 14, 2026

Because there are a myriad of such variations, it’s difficult for most players to internalize even a small portion.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

Guided by previous research of spider brains, the scientists uncovered evidence of a "waste canal system" in the human brain that internalizes waste from healthy neurons.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024

He only internalizes the doubt enough to let it fire him up.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

It’s how the system internalizes within myself and makes me hate myself.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022

“I don’t think she internalizes it. I don’t think it becomes this emotional burden to her. I think it’s just like, ‘OK, cool, I got you,’ and I admire that.

From New York Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

So in his family of origin man internalizes ideas of "right-wrong," "appropriate-inappropriate," "expected-unexpected."

From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson

Ford has internalized the humanity of filmmakers like Mike Leigh, Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Jim Jarmusch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

"Rigid and persistent symptoms, such as paranoid ideas or an internalized critical voice, may be stable but not very flexible prediction models," says Stänicke.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026

“The market has fully internalized the bank’s announcement, so there was no surprise,” Alfredo Coutiño, director for Latin America at Moody’s Analytics, said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

When she finds out what Margo’s doing, her internalized shame at having worked at Hooters once upon a time resurfaces.

From Salon ● May 4, 2026

It lacked the lyrical eloquence and the floating optimism of the Jeffersonian version because it was grounded in the palpable sense of contingency Adams had internalized over his long career.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

“It ignored the young patients who would be in her clinic, exposed to her speech, and susceptible to internalizing ideas that may scar them for life,” they wrote.

From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2026

Europe is moving toward internalizing security costs and building fiscal capacity.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 17, 2026

“For Nvidia, the long-term risk isn’t just rival chips, but key customers like Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and others steadily internalizing more of the value chain,” Dalfovo said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

And finally, harsh parenting was linked to children who had internalizing behaviors such as frequent crying and loneliness.

From Science Daily ● May 23, 2024

The song B-I-N-G-O is an excellent example in which to practice internalizing the pitch since the singer has to clap the rhythm and silently think the pitch in their head.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin



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