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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
  • Think of your top skills and knowledge like a vin diagram.
    Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Into both panels, Martin cut out recesses, some of which contain found images of sunsets and taxonomic diagrams of frogs.
    Sarah Khan Jameson Montgomery Cathy Erway Lindsey Tramuta Jameson Montgomery Reggie Nadelson, New York Times, 16 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
  • It was pushed back when Goodman suffered a cut in sparring.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • That represented a nearly 20% cut in proceeds and a roughly 40% reduction in market capitalization.
    Bob Pisani, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Alex, in a nod to Los Angeles history, which is so important to him, pulled the graphics that accompany the exhibition and all of the signage from a novelty store called Heaven that was in Century City in the 1970s and ’80s.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The ZBook Studio can only do so much with its RTX 3000 graphics card, which is limited to 70 watts of total graphics power.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 19 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And that was really what started this concept of the illustrations, and the story happening in the book.
    Gillian Telling, People.com, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Photograph: Mother Jones illustration; Getty This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
    Anna Merlan, WIRED, 18 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 30 Jan. 2025.

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