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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This track is much more like Austria, where Norris won impressively, rather than the faster corners of Silverstone and Spa where Piastri had an edge in the title battle.
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
The scream, the adults in the living room knocking over chairs and flying towards the terrace, Mr. Tiago and the boy’s father diving in with their clothes on and everything, the women standing at the pool’s edge in panic, crying.
—Hazlitt, 6 Aug. 2025
As peers like Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay have increasingly popularized outside zone in modern offenses, though, Payton attacked the edges in the ground game much less frequently in 2024 than his first two seasons in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
Friends or not, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss entered SummerSlam as the veteran WWE stars who had the experience edge in a match against Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Saturday night.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2025
The scream, the adults in the living room knocking over chairs and flying towards the terrace, Mr. Tiago and the boy’s father diving in with their clothes on and everything, the women standing at the pool’s edge in panic, crying.
—Hazlitt, 6 Aug. 2025
As peers like Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay have increasingly popularized outside zone in modern offenses, though, Payton attacked the edges in the ground game much less frequently in 2024 than his first two seasons in Denver.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 4 Aug. 2025
Friends or not, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss entered SummerSlam as the veteran WWE stars who had the experience edge in a match against Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship Saturday night.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for edge in
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To use, insert the silicone fasteners, and then insert the needle into a layer of fabric.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Aug. 2025
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Removing Old Hardware Nash explained that Michaels' recent operation was to remove hardware that was inserted into his lower back over 25 years ago.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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The Pixel 10 Pro line (including the regular Pro, and both the Pro XL and Pro Fold) will introduce new features in hardware and software, as with any manufacturer’s launch of a flagship device.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Three years earlier, Google researchers introduced the transformer, a type of neural network that can analyze and reproduce mathematical patterns in text.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Edge in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/edge%20in. Accessed 30 Aug. 2025.
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