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Recent Examples of inset
Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But a four-piece band and pair of backing singers did their part Monday, stationed within pits inset into the stage and occasionally venturing out.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Trim wallpaper to fit inside the door insets and adhere with crafts glue.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The fiber promotion organization scored a $4 million AUD (about $2.6 million) grant from the Australian government to begin this insetting initiative, a key component of its Woolmark+ roadmap.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But a four-piece band and pair of backing singers did their part Monday, stationed within pits inset into the stage and occasionally venturing out.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
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The Altar Stone seems to have traveled the greatest distance, but the bluestones—turquoise in the diagram on the left—were quarried 140 miles away, in Wales, and even the nearest stones were dragged 14 miles.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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These are lower-end bike computers that, sure enough, could roughly tally with the rectangular diagram seen in the FCC documentation.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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No ancient dire wolf genes themselves were directly inserted into the genome, however.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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Water enemas: For this treatment, your healthcare provider gently inserts water into your colon to soften and release hard or stuck stool.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How long those plates can keep spinning is unclear, especially as tariffs start nudging up costs for American consumers.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Baty ended the day with an OPS of .259 in 27 plate appearances that included him looking at a borderline called third strike after committing his critical error in the field.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Musk, who has spearheaded efforts for mass layoffs and federal cuts in his DOGE leadership role, is the CEO of Tesla.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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He’s not factored in his last two Masters finishing T22 last year and missing the cut in 2023.—
Jay Ginsbach,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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No fancy graphics, only simple manipulation of clumps of falling blocks to fill gaps in the leftover spaces at the bottom of a well.—
Henk Rogers,
Time,
3 Apr. 2025
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There is also a special optional stand available for the screen that sees the surface lying flat so the screen can be used as a giant graphics tablet.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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While the bamboo and bone tiles may be long gone, and the mahjong table is now inlaid with phone charging sockets rather than mother of pearl, the game’s magic remains the same.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump leads a reporter into the dining room to The Table — a two-ton marble monster 12-feet long, made in the Medici Marble Works of Florence, inlaid with Persian lapis lazuli, peachstone, red and green jasper, white shell, yellow chalcedony and Oriental alabaster — for a one-on-one interview.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The video features photos of members of the 12-member CID board alongside illustrations of 19th century slave auctions and black-and-white images from the 1960s civil rights movement.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
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The optimum pack temperature for fast charging has been reduced from 95° C to 59° C, and the pack even weighs 25 lbs (11 kg) less than before. Audi Audi A cutaway illustration of the battery pack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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For the show, the Symphony of Flowers, the operator would install at Huntington Central Park more than 100,000 luminous flowers totaling 500,000 LED lights that are choreographed to accompany classical music played over speakers.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
3 Apr. 2025
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The modernization will bring the space up to current regulatory standards, upgrade technical infrastructure, and install an advanced climate control system, ensuring accessibility and state-of-the-art technology.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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