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insert

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


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“When and where you insert a human is more important than when and where you automate,” Wang said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Already, the company is training providers to insert and remove the device through a special FDA-required program known as a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy.

From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026

"They take a feed from broadcast but they also have to insert their own graphics and commercialisation," says Naicker.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

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

During the procedure, an interventional radiologist inserts a thin catheter into an artery and carefully guides it toward the affected blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Still, Judge Myles ordered that "anything that was in the actual room needs to be preserved and maintained," including IV lines and syringes, as well as waste, like packaging, inserts, and labels.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Scary Movie” inserts two political jokes that earn a solid gasp-giggle-groan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

He inserts carbon paper into the carriage and rolls it into place.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Funds belonging to users of the French firm Ledger were stolen after malicious components were inserted into devices sold by a third-party retailer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

But of course Musk inserted himself into the conversation simply by expressing a positive view in public.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

The goal, Kao said, was to make sure that the House draft of the budget “mirrored” whatever Graham inserted in the Senate version.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

In the days around the time when Alfozan allegedly inserted the device, OpenAI executives had met with government officials in the conference room, prosecutors said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Something flickered on her face and she reached out, removed one pale heart from the cluster, and inserted it into her mouth like a chore.

From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline

His last movie, 2022’s semi-autobiographical “Armageddon Time,” explored the inequalities of race and class in 1980s Queens while inserting a cameo of Fred Trump, a major donor at his own prep school.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2026

Why are the people inserting the catheter wearing white coats?

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

“Why are you scaring these boys?” she demanded, inserting herself between me and the trooper holding the handcuffs.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam


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