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also imbed
as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls
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The viral clip showing a sea turtle’s distress during the veterinary removal of a plastic straw embedded in its nostril spurred a mass movement.
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Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
These are the young men with whom we will be embedded for the next viscerally immersive 90 minutes in a real-time account of a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, as a U.S. sniper unit negotiates a hotbed of Al Qaeda insurgency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
During the test, the destroyer used the Sea Based Terminal Increment 3 capability embedded in the latest Aegis software baseline.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
For chemistry - what harmful chemicals enter the world during manufacturing or are embedded within a material and are then released during use or at end of life?
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
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Genia Naro MacIel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
These are the young men with whom we will be embedded for the next viscerally immersive 90 minutes in a real-time account of a 2006 mission in Ramadi, Iraq, as a U.S. sniper unit negotiates a hotbed of Al Qaeda insurgency.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
During the test, the destroyer used the Sea Based Terminal Increment 3 capability embedded in the latest Aegis software baseline.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
For chemistry - what harmful chemicals enter the world during manufacturing or are embedded within a material and are then released during use or at end of life?
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for embed
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“Embed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embed. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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