1
as in to etch
to produce a vivid impression of
a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade
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2
as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win
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An artisan was hired to etch the enchanted forest ice design on the jar, which is central to the film’s plot.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
22 May 2025 -
Jurors were also shown close-up photos of gun components where the serial numbers were etched off.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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The fruit is planted and harvested by hand, which explains why delivered pineapples arrive without their crowns as they are used to plant new fruits — creating a sustainable growth process.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
23 May 2025
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The sense of urgency over shortages has risen now that rice crops have just been planted, with harvests several months away.—
Mari Yamaguchi,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Brunson’s Clutch Player of the Year trophy — an elegant, glass prize that looks like a vase with a gold jump shooter floating in the middle — arrived from the NBA weeks ago with an error: His name wasn’t engraved in it.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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And white is really the color that is engraved in my memory about Morocco.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
15 May 2025
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The disgraced zookeeper — who bred and kept tigers, lions and other animals at his G.W. Exotic Animal Memorial Park in Wynnewood, Oklahoma — was also charged with other crimes, including killing tigers to make way for more big cats at his park.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
19 May 2025
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The study analyzed starlings from central Kenya that breed twice a year, during rainy seasons.—
Jay Kakade
May 18,
New Atlas,
18 May 2025
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The influencer went on two trips to the U.S. to have her eggs retrieved and implanted and is now expecting her baby girl in August.—
Hannah Sacks,
People.com,
14 May 2025
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Moreover, these two experiments, which together tested separate therapies across 18 patients, offered hints that those cells, once implanted in the brain, might work as intended.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2025
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Life offers a series of uncomfortable truths, often rooted not in surface-level perception but in our deeper human wiring.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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But the specter of A.I. misuse, and the imperfect systems used to root it out, may also be affecting students who are following the rules.—
Callie Holtermann,
New York Times,
17 May 2025
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Monday, May 19 at 2 a.m. ET (video embedded above).—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
16 May 2025
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Various vendors demoed other full dashboard displays embedded in other automotive applications at the show.—
Tim Bajarin,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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“Infix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infix. Accessed 30 May. 2025.
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