as in suffused
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
inoculated them with the idea that the individual can always make a difference in this world
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Recent Examples of inoculated
Because of her travels, the new tourist is inoculated against anyone who might try to convince her to hate or look down on people who look different from her, who speak a language other than her own, who pray to a different god, or who happen to live on the other side of a border.
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CBS News, 1 May 2026
Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox, which had ravaged the Continental Army and was scaring away recruits.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
The first French cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, it is aged in limestone caves and inoculated with Penicillum roqueforti, which imparts its distinctive taste.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
For crop protection, the chickpeas were inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Bees and birds carried soil microbes that inoculated and enriched the terrain.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Parents waited in long lines to have their children inoculated, and enterprising physicians went to rural clinics to reach the last isolated clusters of unvaccinated people.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
CBS News, 1 May 2026
Soil that was hauled in was inoculated with the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in the nearby hills.
—Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
During the Revolutionary War, George Washington ordered troops to be inoculated against smallpox, which had ravaged the Continental Army and was scaring away recruits.
—Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
The first French cheese to receive Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status, it is aged in limestone caves and inoculated with Penicillum roqueforti, which imparts its distinctive taste.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2026
It has been inoculated by a parasitic braconid wasp that laid its eggs underneath the skin of the hornworm.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 9 Mar. 2026
For crop protection, the chickpeas were inoculated with arbuscular mycorrhizae fungi.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Mar. 2026
Bees and birds carried soil microbes that inoculated and enriched the terrain.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Parents waited in long lines to have their children inoculated, and enterprising physicians went to rural clinics to reach the last isolated clusters of unvaccinated people.
—Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculated
Verb
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The Meltdown is suffused with the visual and audio textures of horror, and deliberately so.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2026
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And, come evening, the ocean’s surface is suffused with gold as the sun dips beyond the horizon.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
27 Apr. 2026
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And the Gershwin music mirrored his own eclectic tastes, infused with jazz, gospel and the blues, in addition to classical.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
13 May 2026
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In Lucky Brand‘s case, the circa-1990 apparel company is known to encourage eclecticism, self-expression, and making your own luck through jeans — a hero offering — that not only fit just-so but also come infused with personality-rich touches.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Once oxygen imbued the atmosphere, evolution selected for organisms that could use it.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
13 May 2026
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While the California vibe is imbued naturally into her work, Jónsdóttir can’t escape the influence of her homeland.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
8 May 2026
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“Inoculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculated. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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