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also imbed
as in to root
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the nails were solidly embedded in those old plaster walls
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Recent Examples of embed
These are not lazy callbacks, but shared touchstones — part of a pop cultural language the film embedded into our collective consciousness, and that the show both celebrates and lovingly skewers.
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Each embedding — a way of associating each point on the sphere to a point within the flag variety — can be defined by a polynomial equation.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
The basic pod also comes with a door and rack/accessory-mounting strips embedded in the roof.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
That includes endangering the professional lives of the tens of thousands of workers who help make up that community in predominantly small businesses and independent companies embedded in local economies and communities nationwide.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
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Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
Each embedding — a way of associating each point on the sphere to a point within the flag variety — can be defined by a polynomial equation.
—Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
The basic pod also comes with a door and rack/accessory-mounting strips embedded in the roof.
—New Atlas, 13 Apr. 2026
That includes endangering the professional lives of the tens of thousands of workers who help make up that community in predominantly small businesses and independent companies embedded in local economies and communities nationwide.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embed
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The side of State Highway 121 is rooted with Texas prairie grasses and is known to bloom with Texas wildflowers during spring and summer.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 Apr. 2026
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A lot of Torres’s humor is rooted in classification — that’s just where his mind goes, whether for comedy purposes or not.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
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Bolnes was a Catholic, as was her rich and frankly terrifying mother, Maria Thins, with whom the young couple lodged.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The jury described it as a rare film that stays lodged in memory, calling it both eerie and brutally beautiful.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
13 Apr. 2026
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Though the arrest took place in 2023, the case faced new scrutiny in March after a video of the altercation — showing her yelling, putting Mortensen in a headlock and throwing chairs at him while a child could be heard crying — was published by TMZ.—
Luke Chinman,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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To have that as something that will live in my memory is worth whatever mental or emotional friction exists in rising from the comfort of my bed and putting my feet down on the floor.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Embed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embed. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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