as in to suffuse
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 inoculate
And in Gaza, a multi-day campaign to inoculate children against polio began as deaths from Israeli attacks continued to mount.
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
This aside is a rare reference to the efforts Washington employed in February 1777 to have the whole Continental Army inoculated against smallpox.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Imagine the pain and suffering if more parents ignore science and refuse to inoculate their children against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and rubella.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Still, some of Mr. Merz’s allies suggested Thursday that the episode had effectively inoculated him and the Christian Democrats against claims of being unresponsive to voters on migration.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2024
This aside is a rare reference to the efforts Washington employed in February 1777 to have the whole Continental Army inoculated against smallpox.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Imagine the pain and suffering if more parents ignore science and refuse to inoculate their children against tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, measles and rubella.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Jan. 2025
Still, some of Mr. Merz’s allies suggested Thursday that the episode had effectively inoculated him and the Christian Democrats against claims of being unresponsive to voters on migration.
—Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inoculate
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Today, jazz suffuses the city so completely that the genre is embedded in funeral traditions here, as brass bands often accompany mourners from the church to the cemetery in a celebratory display.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
21 Mar. 2025
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The rhythmic and narrative thrust of Khan’s Kathak suffuses everything.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Yet his exquisite visual compositions (of lonely bedrooms, concrete piers, and nocturnal courtyards) infuse even the film’s racy images with a somber sense of longing and introspection, finding beauty and humanity in the midst of the macabre.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Or try this Southwest Texas ceramic planter, $15.99 at Walmart, for a chance to infuse more color into your room.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Image Clooney tried to inculcate his father’s values.—
Thea Traff,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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This approach, driven by the following strategies, can help inculcate a culture of innovation and transform teams into innovation champions.—
Sivakumar Ramakrishnan,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Three months at $2.99/month gives you time to enjoy what's available without having to invest too heavily.—
Alexander Cox,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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There are ready-to-use solutions available, which means that a brand will not have to invest time and money in development from scratch.—
Roman Vrublivskyi,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Where the Season 2 finale imbued its important action scenes with a modicum of whimsy, last night’s episode presented little by way of humor, stylistic finesse, or emotional release.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2025
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Through years in medical school and residency training physicians are imbued in the scientific method.—
Primary care physicians,
Hartford Courant,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Inoculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inoculate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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