indoctrinated

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He relaxed strict dress codes for agents, recruited female agents and pointedly hired people from outside the agency – who were not indoctrinated in the Hoover culture – for administrative posts.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025

Maybe this is just because I was indoctrinated through three years of law school, and because my career hangs on it, but I have to think that the law matters.

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2024

I’ve often joked I was the perfect age to be indoctrinated.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024

“I was indoctrinated, it was as if I’d joined a cult,” she said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2024

As a result, Descartes, indoctrinated with the Aristotelian philosophy, denied the existence of the vacuum.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife