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Noun
There were also versions done in cotton voile with lace insets and cropped at the knee, and swishier ones in silk with lace edges. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2024 Consider an olive green field jacket that’s cropped at the hip with a voluminous cape-like inset in the back. Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 11 June 2024
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 See all Example Sentences for inset 
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Noun
  • Keep scrolling to reveal diagrams of each major investigation, charge or lawsuit these three Miami politicians face, along with the greatest hits of the Herald’s year-long investigation into Miami City Hall.
    Susan Merriam, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The document describes 19 specific rules, with detailed diagrams and explanations to help every referee crew get every call right, in every game, on every play.
    Sheldon Jacobson, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • At the hospital, surgeons inserted a shunt to control swelling in Manning's brain and tended to his many injuries.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Cover and cook on low 5 to 6 hours or on high 2 to 3 hours or until an instant read thermometer inserted in the middle of a chop registers 145°F.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This might include a one-bite treat like caviar, or a plant-forward small plate.
    Sadiba Hasan, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Note: If the mess is semisolid, use something like a sturdy piece of cardboard or paper plate to scoop up and dispose of the matter, then use paper towels to absorb any remaining liquid mess.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The pieces vary in size and shape; a few have small holes cut in them.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The resulting surge in the 10-year T-Note yield further decreased the market’s odds for a rate cut in March from 41% to 25% based on the data from the CME FedWatch.
    Tom Aspray, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This graphic from the National Weather Service displays various forecast snowfall totals that Arkansas can expect to see through Friday.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Nvidia has announced its latest generation of Geforce RTX graphics cards, based on its Blackwell architecture of GPUs.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Another piece that highlighted his patchwork technique in a less rigid form was a rich mahogany cabinet inlaid with large alabaster rocks sporadically spread across the doors.
    Morgan Meier, Curbed, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Beyond the memories, the only trace of the great man is La Casa — the rambling, Spanish-style home with a terracotta roof, stucco walls and inlaid ceramic tiles that Valenzuela built for his family during the exhilarating, and financially remunerative, days of Fernandomania.
    Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The illustration also includes a completely prostate Mickey Mouse, representing the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC News.
    The Editors of ARTnews, ARTnews.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Source photographs for illustration above: Screenshots from Cameo.
    Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But the future of these credits is a significant issue for homeowners who want to install solar panels.
    Jeff Brady, NPR, 12 Jan. 2025
  • The embarrassment inspired The New Yorker’s founding editor, Harold Ross, to install a fact-checking department, and since then checkers have left their marks all over the magazine.
    Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025

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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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