be embedded

Frequency: 8.025.5 per million words

Indicates a state of being firmly fixed within something.

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Examples (10)

  • These ideas are deeply embedded in our culture.
  • The tradition of tattooing is culturally embedded in many societies.
  • A piece of shrapnel was embedded in the soldier's leg.
  • The security chip is embedded directly onto the motherboard.
  • The journalist was embedded with the troops for six months.
  • A deep sense of injustice was embedded in her memory from a young age.
  • The new ethical guidelines will be embedded in the company's code of conduct.
  • The fossil was embedded within a layer of sedimentary rock.
  • This principle has long been embedded in the legal system.
  • It's difficult to change attitudes that are so firmly embedded in society.