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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

To predict them accurately, the system has to internalize what coherent thinking looks like.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 13, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Feb. 28, 2026

“You can very much internalize things right now and go to dark places pretty easily.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

It’s one thing to carve the Psi symbol into the side of buildings and string up banners over porches, but to actually internalize the message?

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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.

If you grew up with this sound, you’ve internalized voices like this to a degree that you barely notice how they connect to rap and emo.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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

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

“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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