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insert

[in-surt, in-surt] / ɪnˈsɜrt, ˈɪn sɜrt /


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It has invested in Italian company D-Orbit, which offers services to insert satellites into orbit, and Skeleton, an Estonian maker of energy-storage devices designed for fast charging and discharging.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

They are currently trying to insert an amendment into the Railways Bill.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

And for the simplest possible showstopper, Frieda’s Hulas Ready-to-Drink Coconuts come peeled and prepped with a tool that lets you open them and insert a straw in seconds.

From Salon Jul. 12, 2026

“The idea was to find ways to insert new homes in existing neighborhoods without disrupting the feel of the neighborhood, but providing lower-cost housing,” she says.

From Barron's May 31, 2026

Since there are serious consequences to misinterpreting these statements as absolute laws, a responsible writer should insert a qualifier like on average or all things being equal, together with a slightly or somewhat.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Three letters to describe a cord that our puzzle writer always inserts the wrong way?

From Slate Aug. 26, 2026

In between the book’s linked stories, Ms. Daanje inserts excerpts from those scant archives—Millicent’s letters, the poems and cryptic jottings from Eliza May’s notebooks—as well as passages from various later biographies of the Draydens.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Pharrell’s ad-libs and inserts interrupting the groove at perfect intervals to wake up the dancefloor.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

The draft communique inserts previously unused language targeting "freedom of navigation in and overflight above straits" while separately calling for "unimpeded" passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

From Barron's Jul. 23, 2026

His mother works at the Bucks County Courier Times, feeding advertising supplements into a “big giant machine” that inserts them into the newspapers that get delivered to homes.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

“There were a few instances in the negotiations where those protections were not going to be given, and in fact, the opposite was going to be inserted, which is unacceptable,” Carney said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

Trump then signed the back of a stone shaped like an eagle's head that will be inserted into the pad, which is a giant replica of the seal of the president of the United States.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Weber Pierson told the Times Monday that the amendments intended to help Midway Rising “haven’t crossed” the desk, meaning that the language hasn’t been inserted into Senate Bill 344.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Her designs featured plasma, which are gas particles that have been charged, inserted into glass tubes, and attached to dresses to create sparkling and glowing looks.

From BBC Jul. 9, 2026

Very deliberately, Kingshaw inserted his forefingers under the string, and pulled the satchel off his back.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

The surgery involved inserting an endoscope - a thin camera on a stick - via the nose to the base of the skull.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Spend enough years standing behind pyramids of hamburgers, posing at fry stations and inserting yourself into the iconography of American restaurant chains, and eventually the props begin to accrue meanings of their own.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

It involves inserting electrodes made of materials such as zinc and copper into substances that contain moisture or ions, and then collecting the small but steady electrical currents.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

The Minions also have trouble adapting, but Coffin demonstrates that by inserting them into the films of the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

At home he watches MTV with Sonia as she doctors her jeans, cutting inches off the bottoms and inserting zippers at the newly narrowed ankles.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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