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Recent Examples of inset
Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
An inset shows a more detailed view of the immediate area around this unusual object in X-ray and radio light.
—CBS News, 28 May 2025
Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 May 2025
Across the lobby, a stone fireplace featured a sculpted image of the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele inset in the rock.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2025
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Noun
This pillow has firm neck support with a memory foam inset and a washable cover that’s easy to keep clean.
—Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2025
An inset shows a more detailed view of the immediate area around this unusual object in X-ray and radio light.
—CBS News, 28 May 2025
Verb
This will feel most immediately obvious: Netflix’s top recommendation, the homepage’s hero module, is now more prominent, with its corners rounded off in a tile instead of inset into the background.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 May 2025
Across the lobby, a stone fireplace featured a sculpted image of the Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele inset in the rock.
—Robert Annis, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
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The next morning, in the galley with Bárbara, Fraser draws a diagram of the boatmance dynamics, coming to the conclusion that all lines lead to Solène.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
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Countless users have commented on them, zoomed in on them, slowed them to a crawl, theorized about them or marked them up with arrows and diagrams and published the results.—
Zeynep Tufekci,
Mercury News,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And Vásquez walked Pete Alonso immediately before Shildt emerged from the dugout to insert Peralta, a lefty, to face the left-handed-hitting Nimmo.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Sep. 2025
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The leaders of Showrunner see a future in which audiences can insert themselves into their favorite shows and create new episodes.—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Tien Kung placed fruit on a plate, moved goods in a warehouse, and navigated grass and gravel.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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The food eventually got to the table, but, boy, were there plenty of shattered plates and busted chairs along the path.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The Bengals also worked out former Cleveland Browns signal-caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason but was among the team's cuts in August.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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In 2024, the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates three times — a half-point cut last September, a quarter point cut in November, and a quarter-point cut in December.—
Susan Tompor,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Professional graphics cards designed for CAD work cost more upfront but deliver reliability when your team faces tight deadlines.—
Dmitrii Fadeev,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the Ryzen 7 AI CPU, this HP OmniBook X Flip includes Radeon 860M graphics, which will give you a leg up on content creation tasks like running video editing software.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Published on June 5, 2025 By Wendy Bowman Photo : Marcelo Lagos Photography Photo : Marcelo Lagos Photography A glossy, blond wood floor in the entry hallway is inlaid with oversized geometric medallions in shades of purple.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
5 June 2025
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The ornate white gold cross is inlaid with rose-cut diamonds and a large central ruby cabochon, while the 78.5 cm chain features emerald beads, briolette-, square-, and rose-cut diamonds, along with five ruby cabochons.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
19 May 2025
Noun
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Graphic by Newsweek of a house snapped in two and an umbrella shielding it from a shower of dollar bills, with illustrations of coal and a nuclear power plant.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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This material is for illustration and discussion purposes and not intended to be, nor construed as, financial, legal, tax or investment advice.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Trim trees and install storm shutters, accordion shutters and impact glass, and seal outside wall openings.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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