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Fixing Indelibly As On The Memory Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is IMPRINTING which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%10Exact Match!
238%6Indelibly etched into the collective memory
338%13Indelibly etched in memory

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We think the answer is "IMPRINTING" which means:

    noun
  • • A learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established
  • verb
  • • To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
  • • To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
  • • To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The imprinting process occurs shortly after birth."
  • • "Ducklings show a strong imprinting tendency towards the first moving object they see."

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