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
Large, irregular holes with smooth edges in foliage, typically located between the veins of leaves, says Wilber.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Republicans have a 219-212 edge in the House, with four vacancies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
But having a large edge in name recognition can be a real advantage.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Taking into account only the changes in Texas, those numbers shift, giving Republicans the advantage in 211 districts and Democrats the edge in 206, with 18 races in the toss-up category.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 Aug. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2025
Republicans have a 219-212 edge in the House, with four vacancies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2025
But having a large edge in name recognition can be a real advantage.
—Craig Gilbert, jsonline.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Taking into account only the changes in Texas, those numbers shift, giving Republicans the advantage in 211 districts and Democrats the edge in 206, with 18 races in the toss-up category.
—Mike Lillis, The Hill, 25 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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City Council member Trenika McCoy, who represents Ward 2 on the eastern part of the city, is proposing to put the question to the voters by introducing an ordinance that would allow voters to decide during an election next year.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2025
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Hockey Ultimate Team is introducing HUT Seasons, while World of Chel and HUT are both fully crossplay-enabled this year.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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