as in inserting
to put among or between others
she occasionally interjected comments into the conversation
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Recent Examples of interjecting
My goal for this forum was to let others speak and to listen without interjecting.
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Steve Sidd, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In the video, Smith plays the guitar and sings, with the AI voice interjecting and singing along sporadically, praising his rendition.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Steve Sidd, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
In the video, Smith plays the guitar and sings, with the AI voice interjecting and singing along sporadically, praising his rendition.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interjecting
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Many focused on inserting individual flowers into small tubes filled with water and then neatly placing each vial, one by one, onto the floats.Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 31 Dec. 2024
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In Netanyahu’s case, because the prostate is not cancerous, Golan said doctors were likely performing an endoscopic surgery, carried out by inserting small instruments into a body cavity, rather than making surgical cuts in the abdomen to reach the prostate.Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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After introducing the award leveraging her signature humor, Jennifer Coolidge announced that the 33-year-old actor had won best performance by a male actor in a television series — musical or comedy for his role in The Bear, for a third year running.Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Ross hasn’t been made available for interviews this decade, aside from the press conference introducing McDaniel as coach.Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2025
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When fentanyl appeared on the streets a few years after he was born, Angel started injecting that instead of heroin.Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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Famished but afraid of injecting himself with an HIV patient’s blood (a method many used), Gustavo secretly gets a fake diagnosis from a benevolent doctor.Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Interjecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjecting. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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