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ingrained

[in-greynd, in-greynd] / ɪnˈgreɪnd, ˈɪnˌgreɪnd /


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The Federal Reserve views the lingering survival of the check as a matter of deeply ingrained consumer habit.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 9, 2026

Stänicke explains that expectations are stored not only as conscious beliefs, but also as deeply ingrained patterns that shape how people respond to and interact with others.

From Science Daily • Jul. 1, 2026

Today, the impacts of those efforts are everywhere, so ingrained in our understanding of what it means to solve climate change that it can be hard to conceive of another way forward.

From Salon • Jun. 26, 2026

While Americans often have no problem maxing out credit cards, frugality is deeply ingrained, particularly in northern parts of the continent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

The question stopped Oppenheimer in his tracks, for, like every other habitue of the Rad Lab, he knew of Ernest’s ingrained suspicion of anything that smacked of politics.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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