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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

Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb trusts Burns to attack practice head-on to teach, develop and ingrain defensive principles when players arrive at University Park.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

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

From Salon • Oct. 21, 2024

He had to ingrain himself in the school and the Central District community, where the Rodriguez name still holds lots of weight.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2024

"Such a dainty bit of precious girlhood must not be allowed to step on the common ingrain that covers your old uncle's floors, I take it."

From Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale by Glenwood, Ida




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