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internalize

[in-tur-nl-ahyz] / ɪnˈtɜr nlˌaɪz /
VERB
incorporate within one's self
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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

“They are unavoidable. You cannot internalize them and let them chip away at your self-worth.”

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

It’s important to do your own research and internalize why you own a stock.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

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

From Slate Jan. 14, 2026

A good way to internalize the rhythm is to by first learning the rhyme, then adding the body percussion.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

“Jean-Baptiste plays a woman who doles out misery and also, crucially, internalizes it, giving the character a humanity and sadness that’s absolutely transcendent,” says Glenn Whipp.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2024

Some advocates do argue for pricing food at a level that internalizes its hidden costs.

From Salon Feb. 28, 2024

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

From Seattle Times Feb. 8, 2024

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

From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.

"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

This movie’s nail-biting, sorrowful power comes from what internalized destruction looks like.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2026

Though Village People singer and songwriter Victor Willis has denied the queer interpretation of the song many times over, one of the people who hasn’t internalized that historical correction is Trump himself.

From Slate Jun. 11, 2026

I internalized my mother’s distress, experiencing her anxiety as my own.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 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

“So thank you for being that unknowing inspiration behind the scenes. I was internalizing all of that love and putting it into that record.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 5, 2025

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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