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Recent Examples of inset
Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
By replicating the graphic novel’s approach three-dimensionally, Zemeckis’ film becomes like a living diorama with insets providing windows into the past and future.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024
The slip-on design is comfortable enough to wear all night, and inset waist panels add movement to the skirt for even more impact and flow.
—Shea Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
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Noun
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
By replicating the graphic novel’s approach three-dimensionally, Zemeckis’ film becomes like a living diorama with insets providing windows into the past and future.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
The options on the test truck are: the TRD Off Road Premium Package with a 5 foot bed for $8,800, the stabilizer disconnect mechanism for $1,230, the bed mat for $200, the trailer hitch ball mount for $70, and the tailgate inset in Gun Metal gray for $89.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2024
The slip-on design is comfortable enough to wear all night, and inset waist panels add movement to the skirt for even more impact and flow.
—Shea Simmons, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
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At age 90, the University of Chicago emeritus professor stood demurely before an audience of local teachers, plumbers, children and housewives explaining complex diagrams and math equations on an overhead projector.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lundgren noted a striking similarity between the abstract geometric shapes in af Klint's work and scientific diagrams in 19th century physicist Thomas Young's Lectures (1807).—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Jan. 2025
Verb
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To accomplish that goal, Lamont’s office inserted language into his budget proposal that would give him the authority to order the state’s 45-member Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee to allocate more $34 million over the next two years on his administration’s priorities.—
Laura Tillman,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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No private citizen should be permitted to insert themselves into government operations without the scrutiny and approval of our legislative branch.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After a loud beep, one steps onto a metal plate as a set of white tubes descends onto her teats.—
Colette Davidson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Feb. 2025
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In a crucial week in Real Madrid’s season, Kylian Mbappe stepped up to the plate.—
Mario Cortegana,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The healthcare provider makes a small cut in the abdomen, passes the laparoscope through, and examines the contents of the abdomen and pelvis using the attached camera.—
Joy Emeh,
Health,
15 Feb. 2025
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In a preemptive move to avoid a trade war like the ones with Canada, Mexico and China, India is weighing tariff cuts in at least a dozen sectors, from electronics to medical and surgical equipment, and chemicals, according to Reuters.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Leather varsity jackets and biker jackets are given the McLaren Formula 1 treatment with the team’s logo and graphics.—
Kanika Talwar,
WWD,
13 Feb. 2025
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This has caused price hikes for Nvidia’s latest graphics cards, the RTX 5000 series, according to Newegg.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
12 Feb. 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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Editors’ Picks Source photographs for illustration above: Focus Features; Ullstein Bild, via Getty Images; Everett Collection.—
Jim Shepard,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Hayden included the book cover as well as an interior page showing an illustration of a girl resembling a young Meghan.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The world’s largest offshore wind developer, Denmark’s Orsted, decided on Feb. 5 to ditch its goal to install up to 38 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.—
Spencer Kimball,
CNBC,
16 Feb. 2025
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The most straightforward approach would be to install Bregman as the starting second baseman and keep everyone else in their current roles, but if the Red Sox wanted there are a number of other possibilities, all with their own pros and cons.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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