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as in rooted
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 embedded
Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Strong winds were the main threat overnight with the potential of embedded tornadoes.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Johnson said the office has embedded prosecutors in all police patrol divisions and violent crime units and has a positive relationship with law enforcement.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Driving all of this transformation is AI — not as a buzzword, Abadie noted, but as an embedded, working reality.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
Strong winds were the main threat overnight with the potential of embedded tornadoes.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
Adjective
The fan experience is shaped by the culture in which it is embedded.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Johnson said the office has embedded prosecutors in all police patrol divisions and violent crime units and has a positive relationship with law enforcement.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for embedded
Verb
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The left-back is left rooted, looking up as Rodon rises.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Mums are shallow-rooted and require regular watering to maintain soil moisture in the root zone.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The revelation felt like a splinter that lodged itself in Kai’s heart.—
Johnny Dodd,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
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In his complaint, lodged in Alameda County Superior Court, Hinterdobler claimed that the same robot line had violently malfunctioned earlier this year.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Under the agreement, the county secures a fixed electricity rate of 14 cents per kilowatt-hour, providing long-term cost stability and protecting taxpayers from future energy price fluctuations.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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But no stadium in England has a complete either fixed or closable roof; Wembley’s extends only far enough to cover the stands, rather than the pitch.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet once someone had suggested the inherent instability in a relationship between writers, there seemed to be no way to defuse the assessment.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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In the 13-episode epic, Our Blues’ Kim Woo-bin stars as Iblis, a Satanic genie who is utterly convinced of humanity’s inherent greed.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As of this Monday production has resumed, but the reverberations of the event reflects beer’s intrinsic tie to national identity (like Guinness to the Irish).—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Look for notes of maple, spice, and burnt orange peel, as the bourbon’s intrinsic character is augmented by this artful secondary maturation.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Raw Bistro Pet Fare is voluntarily recalling two sizes of their frozen beef dog food due to fears the product could be contaminated with salmonella.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Oct. 2025
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Classic Cinnamon Rolls Cinnamon rolls can be difficult to get right, but baking them from frozen makes the process much easier.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Importantly, the company’s technology, which includes materials used for the actual polishing and etching (lithography) of chips, as well as advanced packaging and thermal solutions, is integral for the development of leading-edge chips.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
13 Oct. 2025
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For the young actors who played the von Trapp children, making the film was a truly integral core memory of their youth.—
Scott Huver,
PEOPLE,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Modern threats to data require protection systems such as immutable backups, air-gapped storage and offline storage.—
Chongwei Chen,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Since World War I, the American right has held together as a political movement by prioritizing a conservative vision of white Christian values and private enterprise, while shielding those immutable core principles with expendable public‑facing ideals.—
Allan J. Lichtman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Embedded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embedded. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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