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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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Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images As the U.S. and China vie for economic, technological and geopolitical supremacy, the critical elements and metals embedded in technology from consumer to industrial and military markets have become a pawn in the wider conflict.
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Bob Woods, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The membrane, durable, discreet, and embedded with over 1,100 sensors, detects whether a person has stayed too long in one position (increasing risk for pressure ulcers) or whether someone has gotten out of bed and failed to return.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 12 July 2025
An Ozark Trail logo embedded on the side of the bottle.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
The event is also streaming on the PBS app, PBS.org and on PBS’ YouTube channel, which is embedded below.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Bob Woods, CNBC, 13 July 2025
The membrane, durable, discreet, and embedded with over 1,100 sensors, detects whether a person has stayed too long in one position (increasing risk for pressure ulcers) or whether someone has gotten out of bed and failed to return.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 12 July 2025
An Ozark Trail logo embedded on the side of the bottle.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
The event is also streaming on the PBS app, PBS.org and on PBS’ YouTube channel, which is embedded below.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embed
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Those connections made by Ragsdale were also deeply rooted with other camps in the area.—
Abby Roedel,
People.com,
19 July 2025
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He will be missed at Duke, but Blue Devils fans will continue rooting him on in Dallas.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
Verb
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The information lodges somewhere in our unconscious.—
Jessica Winter,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Last week, with one out left in the state Division 3 game against Waterbury and his team losing 3-2, Seymour coach Jim Hoffman lodged a protest that Waterbury was using ineligible players.—
Lori Riley,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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“Embed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embed. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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