inserts

present tense third-person singular of insert

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of inserts In honor of that legacy, Michelson often inserts Indigenous sovereignty into historically fraught public spaces. Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026 Luz inserts the construction pole; Susana sniffs. Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 June 2026 Once seated at the computer, the hacker inserts a USB drive or external hard drive. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 Encord replicated a real data center server rack, where an operator inserts blue cables into penny-sized sockets all day. Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026 One image inserts Coalie next to a coal-mining family that otherwise looks like an ad that could have appeared a century ago. Annie Persons, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 Many streaming hubs fill each commercial break with an assortment of spots that appear due to programmatic buying that inserts ads based on algorithms tied to demographics and geography. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 Ives inserts hints of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the meditative work, and at other times seems to conjure up church bells through the piano. Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026 The change added a room where prisoners are to be examined and prepped for either a standard peripheral IV, or a central line — a more invasive procedure that inserts into the internal jugular in the neck, a femoral vein in the upper thigh or a subclavian vein in the chest. Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inserts
Verb
  • This could not be more apparent in the cold open, which suddenly introduces a new Buckley classmate named Really Rhonda, played by the aggressively Gen-Z actress Ivy Wolk.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Abdelkader told Fortune lawmakers should make cybersecurity a primary consideration akin to airbags, noting that every connected vehicle introduces some degree of cyber risk.
    Joshua Hong, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The patient injects them for up to two weeks to encourage the ovaries to produce as many healthy eggs as possible.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Think of it like a recipe, maybe adding flowers to a frosted cake or sprinkling powdered sugar atop a sponge cake; Stewart's rose gold hair injects a sprinkle of the same whimsy into the last few weeks of summertime.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 10 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Caught between a defensive line of fans, an array of worried and/or triggered observers, and people dressing their gleeful critiques of a woman’s body in the guise of concern, Grande interjects some of the slowest, somberest music of her career.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Perhaps that’s why Lucy was able to ignore the signs for so long, some of which the audience is given the chance to see in a dark and disquieting flashback that Kreutzer cleverly interjects during the movie’s second act.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Okada adds that the only thing that matters is keeping the championship in the family.
    Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • His shoot-first mindset adds a useful dimension to Tottenham’s attack, particularly when lining up alongside Dominic Solanke, a natural facilitator, and Kudus, who was Tottenham’s primary creative outlet in the frontline before his injury.
    Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The visual intersperses footage from a trip the pair took to Iceland with clips of their Upstate New York home, a fitting backdrop to Sprague’s spectral vocals and wandering synth arcs.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 June 2026
  • Captured over four back-to-back performances in Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena in July 2025, the nearly two-hour movie intersperses most of her set list with endearing snippets of behind-the-scenes footage from the day leading up to the show.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Part of that creative control was creating a 13-track LP that serves as a soundtrack to his life and interpolates viral Internet videos, pop-culture classics, and soulful collaborators.
    Adelle Platon, VIBE.com, 24 June 2026
  • In the title track, Lizzo interpolates two elder singer-songwriters, Missy Elliott and Meredith Brooks, who each flipped the slur into biting hooks in the late nineties.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

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“Inserts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inserts. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.

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