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insert

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


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While these intuitions are attempting to insert women into the male-dominated picture of the Viking age, descriptions of women’s lives and their social or cultural influence tend to be limited.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

It uses a harmless bacterium to insert DNA into the rootstock exactly where it is needed to give the tree resistance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

The following year, Steinem, with several other feminist journalists, founded Ms. Its first, tentative edition, a 40-page insert into New York magazine, sold out in eight days.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

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

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

To activate widget A, you insert doohickey B into slot C. Or you can delete the you, since it’s understood to be the subject.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

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

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 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

Instead of spending the money on a pricey establishing shot of the car driving on the 101, Wain inserts a brief vintage clip of a ’70s-era taxi, humming along the road.

From Salon ● Jul. 12, 2026

You’re doing inserts, and you’re like, “This doesn’t feel like acting.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

His third sentence is missing a period, which she now carefully inserts with her finest-nibbed fountain pen.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

Texas, where Graczyk lives and works, does not allow observers in the execution chamber when the IV is being inserted, he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The researchers inserted a gene for a receptor that recognizes NY-ESO-1, a protein found in many solid tumors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Nepali army inserted a pipe into one of the tunnels at the Trishuli 3A hydroelectric site late on Saturday and started sending air through it, Minister Sudan Gurung said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

So he inserted a hyphen to help people say it correctly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

He inserted the small key and lifted up the glass lid.

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

Players will be able to access the feature by inserting one of the supported games into their Xbox console.

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

Lindsey Hulstrom has been inserting coins into those carnival-like penny press machines for nearly 25 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

He made an effort with the most careful articulation and by inserting long pauses between the individual words to remove everything remarkable from his voice.

From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka




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