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as in inherent
being a part of the innermost nature of a person or thing
her deeply ingrained distrust of all authority
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also engrained
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as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
the journalism professor has long ingrained his students with a deep respect for their chosen profession
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as in etched
to produce a vivid impression of
the third-world privation he had witnessed forever ingrained itself upon the young doctor's memory
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as in rooted
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
tried to ingrain traditional values in their children
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Recent Examples of ingrained
Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
That moment revealed how deeply ingrained texture bias is and strengthened her commitment to ensure women know that all hair types are beautiful.
—Essence, 30 Nov. 2025
Alex Bailey, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
The use of digital devices, including computers, tablets, and smartphones, is deeply ingrained in our daily lives.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
But reaching any such deal would entail overcoming the deeply ingrained opposition of most Republicans — including GOP leaders — to extending subsidies that many conservatives say are fueling the rise in premiums.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Dec. 2025
That moment revealed how deeply ingrained texture bias is and strengthened her commitment to ensure women know that all hair types are beautiful.
—Essence, 30 Nov. 2025
Verb
That’s what Bobby built — a musical language so deeply ingrained that strangers can speak it fluently together.
—Alex Bailey, HollywoodReporter, 14 Jan. 2026
The use of digital devices, including computers, tablets, and smartphones, is deeply ingrained in our daily lives.
—Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 11 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingrained
Adjective
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The Taos is peppy enough to move along on the open road, considering the inherent limitations of the segment.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
8 Feb. 2026
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Since 1987, governments around the world have separated the provision and regulation of air traffic control to eliminate the inherent conflict of interest in self-regulation.—
Marc Scribner,
Oc Register,
8 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Reid seemed to truly believe, despite the partisanship that suffused the column, that the Senate had been badly damaged.—
Jon Ralston,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2026
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Slow-attack tones emerge and are subsumed back within the haze, like single strands of a spiderweb zooming in and out of focus; the uppermost reaches are suffused in a delicate scrim of what sounds like electronic crickets.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
14 Jan. 2026
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The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026
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The hotel has an on-site library, an artist/writer residency program, and the Betsy Poetry Rail, an installation of poetry etched into metal in the courtyard.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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If your goal is a fuller plant, Kemery advises that cuttings can be replanted back into the original pot, or the vines can be rooted right in place using the bead-like tubers.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
6 Feb. 2026
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The experience isn’t rooted solely in the past.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The unique mineral composition also gives the stones an intrinsic ability to curl along their trajectory.—
Asuka Koda,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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So even Socrates, in his defense of the intrinsic goodness of justice, emphasizes the crucial role played by visibility and the corrupting power of hiddenness and anonymity.—
Paul Rosenzweig,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Patriotism is a value that an IP-dependent tech company fighting Chinese rivals might well be happy to see inculcated in its employees.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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That’s true for Tamma in a different way – it’s inculcated in Tamma that no one will help her but that’s not true.—
Stuart Miller,
Oc Register,
20 Jan. 2026
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The necklace features a ruby on one side—representing Camilla’s July birthstone—and on the other side, the initials of her five grandchildren are engraved.—
Rachel Burchfield,
InStyle,
6 Feb. 2026
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The center is engraved in a pattern of undulating rays emanating from the hour and minute guichets (windows), meant to resemble the edges of clouds pierced through with sunlight.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
6 Feb. 2026
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Analysts at Citi warned that upside pressures remain embedded in the market.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
5 Feb. 2026
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These companies are betting that customers will want agents that are deeply embedded in their ‘systems of record’—where the data actually lives—rather than a generalist agent from OpenAI that sits on top of every system.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Ingrained.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingrained. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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