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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

González and Durazo plan to insert proposed legislation related to the Lineage fire into existing bills, a process known as “gut and amend.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

It turned out that a Mythos agent had created "malicious code" and attempted to insert it into GitHub's system.

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

Just like in our room, where a window should be on the outer wall, a metal insert obscures the view outside to the stars, and maybe my first view of Sagan.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

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

"Wait," says Helmuth as Gerhard inserts a key in the lock.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

He underwent surgery in September to have "super elastic" springs inserted, which gradually reshaped his skull before being removed.

From BBC Sep. 8, 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

While translating from Ottoman Turkish, an archivist substituted out the original owner and inserted Seit Shehu’s name instead, a court found.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

He held the vial upside down and inserted the needle through the rubber stopper.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

There is even AI that will make such papers look student written by inserting a few errors or current slang terms.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

Researchers hope it could reduce the number of patients needing urgent, more invasive procedures, called cystoscopies, which involve inserting a small camera up the urethra and into the bladder.

From BBC Sep. 2, 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

“Please,” I added, so sweetly, like a bullfighter inserting the final estoque.

From "Winger" by Andrew Smith




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