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Recent Examples of inset
Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But a four-piece band and pair of backing singers did their part Monday, stationed within pits inset into the stage and occasionally venturing out.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Trim wallpaper to fit inside the door insets and adhere with crafts glue.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The fiber promotion organization scored a $4 million AUD (about $2.6 million) grant from the Australian government to begin this insetting initiative, a key component of its Woolmark+ roadmap.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
But a four-piece band and pair of backing singers did their part Monday, stationed within pits inset into the stage and occasionally venturing out.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
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The Altar Stone seems to have traveled the greatest distance, but the bluestones—turquoise in the diagram on the left—were quarried 140 miles away, in Wales, and even the nearest stones were dragged 14 miles.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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These are lower-end bike computers that, sure enough, could roughly tally with the rectangular diagram seen in the FCC documentation.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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They can be installed at more ergonomic heights than a range, which requires bending over to insert or retrieve items from oven cavities.—
Jamie Gold,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The wok even features a detachable wooden handle (which doesn’t get hot and can be removed when inserting into the oven).—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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One major demand on HR leaders’ plate that wasn’t as present five years ago is responding to advancements in AI, and their implications for the workforce, Patscot said.—
HR Brew,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Between creating their product or service, acquiring customers and hiring necessary staff, startup business owners have a lot on their plates.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This will be the largest state tax cut in the history of Florida.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Judging from a previous (smaller) UK aid cut in 2021, programs benefitting women and girls could be particularly hard hit.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There is also a special optional stand available for the screen that sees the surface lying flat so the screen can be used as a giant graphics tablet.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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No fancy graphics, only simple manipulation of clumps of falling blocks to fill gaps in the leftover spaces at the bottom of a well.—
Henk Rogers,
Time,
3 Apr. 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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The video features photos of members of the 12-member CID board alongside illustrations of 19th century slave auctions and black-and-white images from the 1960s civil rights movement.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
3 Apr. 2025
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The optimum pack temperature for fast charging has been reduced from 95° C to 59° C, and the pack even weighs 25 lbs (11 kg) less than before. Audi Audi A cutaway illustration of the battery pack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The best way to safeguard against malicious links that install malware, potentially accessing your private information, is to have strong antivirus software installed on all your devices.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
23 Mar. 2025
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There will be more overheads in the background, but for consumers, this represents a $150 fee to install a new operating system.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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