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Recent Examples of inset
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 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
  • 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
  • Notice who’s quick diagrams on a whiteboard to clarify a complex concept instantly.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Despite his lack of direct attention to the game, Trump clearly found a way to insert himself into the conversation, using the Chiefs' victory as a backdrop for promoting his political brand and ruffling feathers with his omission of the Eagles' impressive win.
    Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Option 2: If option 1 fails or the tire isn’t tubeless, insert an inner tube to get you home.
    Seb Stott, Outside Online, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • From a custom jumpsuit by Loewe zipped halfway up, with a hard bra plate underneath, to her MM6 Maison Margiela x Salomon Cross Low Sneakers, her outfit worked.
    Haley Velasco, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The suspect left the house in Hanford, about 40 miles south of Fresno, in a grey, four-door 2020 Hyundai Elantra with California plates, police said.
    Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • That represented a nearly 20% cut in proceeds and a roughly 40% reduction in market capitalization.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
  • It was pushed back when Goodman suffered a cut in sparring.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The alignment formation, however, will be short-lived because each planet moves at different speeds. Unable to view our graphics?
    Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Since only the graphics card changes, this helps to give us a rough idea of how demanding each card is on power draw.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The gathering place for guests is more often than not an old conservatory reimagined with a pink onyx and burgundy leather bar, set over a wood floor inlaid with marble leftover from another room in the home—with doors that open to an impressive garden.
    Kerry Pieri, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Llewellyn’s starting point for the makeup design was initial illustrations by Phillips and Reed’s color choices in order to do something with the makeup that drew more focus to Yeoh’s imperious performance, but always in complementary colors.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 31 Jan. 2025
  • In others, Milne expresses frustration with Shephard’s illustrations.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Only after her fiancé was killed, Hart said, did her employer install a lock and door handle.
    Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 24 Jan. 2025
  • More From the Trend Micro Toolbar The Trend Micro Toolbar installs as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, adding several security features.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.

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