as in to insert
to put among or between others
although she likes to profess journalistic impartiality when covering a story, she seldom refrains from edging in her personal observations
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Recent Examples of edge in
Crews are attempting to contain the fire on its active edge in the Long Meadow area.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House of Representatives and a 53-47 edge in the Senate, which usually requires 60 votes to pass bills, meaning that seven Democrats would need to support the legislation.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
An edge in industrial capacity The huge volume of military hardware exhibited shows that China has the industrial might to back up its words, and perhaps eventually enforce Xi’s vision of the world.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame went 12-1-1 in the first 14 meetings; the series has been much more competitive in the last 45 years, with the Hurricanes having a slight 7-6 edge in the most recent 13 games.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Republicans hold a 219-212 majority in the House of Representatives and a 53-47 edge in the Senate, which usually requires 60 votes to pass bills, meaning that seven Democrats would need to support the legislation.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
An edge in industrial capacity The huge volume of military hardware exhibited shows that China has the industrial might to back up its words, and perhaps eventually enforce Xi’s vision of the world.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Notre Dame went 12-1-1 in the first 14 meetings; the series has been much more competitive in the last 45 years, with the Hurricanes having a slight 7-6 edge in the most recent 13 games.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
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Fatemian takes a single vegetable at a time, starting with the carrots, and works his way around the edges, inserting the veggies into the arugula so they’re partially supported by the greens.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Sep. 2025
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The full-on answers are below for each group, finally inserting the four words in each category.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Russia's federal air transport agency, Rosaviatsiya, also introduced temporary flight restrictions at the airport in the early hours of Tuesday.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
9 Sep. 2025
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Getty Images In the 1983 movie WarGames, which starred Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, much of the American public was introduced to the various levels of Defcon.—
Michael Lewis,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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