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ingrain

[in-greyn, in-greyn] / ɪnˈgreɪn, ˈɪnˌgreɪn /
VERB
imbue
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Also, Kansas City Fed President Schmid said additional rate cuts could do more to ingrain higher inflation than shore up the labor market, Nugent adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 17, 2025

Regular discussions about privacy, safety and online ethics help ingrain these lessons.

From Salon Oct. 21, 2024

The speed with which they install and ingrain their systems will be vital, and challenging.

From Seattle Times Aug. 2, 2022

It would ingrain in Jeter a demanding but matter-of-fact standard, that a season is only successful if it ends in a championship.

From New York Times Sep. 7, 2021

Afterwards, where there are any gold or silver flowers, take a piece of crimson ingrain velvet, rub the flowers with it, which will restore them to their original lustre.

From The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley




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