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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

“I didn’t deeply internalize how difficult it would be to build a foundation AI lab like OpenAI and Anthropic and the fact that they needed huge investments from the supplier themselves.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 28, 2026

“When young voices, and voices from marginalized communities tend to be silenced, sometimes we internalize that and silence ourselves,” Valenzuela said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2026

I hope that George doesn’t internalize her scare tactics.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

His speeches and body language are commanding as he internalizes all of his guilt and his tyranny surges.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021

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

From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson

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

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

Because internalized stress can potentially be addressed, the findings suggest an opportunity to develop targeted strategies that support emotional well-being and cognitive health in older adults.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

When we sang those songs, we believed them, we internalized them, and we were ready to act on them.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry

Amazon, as it has grown, has built out its logistics capabilities, internalizing some of its shipping needs and offering services to its third-party sellers.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

“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

The study found that suboptimal learners, who were seemingly less efficient at internalizing the task at the early stages of learning, experienced an accelerated accuracy improvement while performing the task when receiving atDCS.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 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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