infixed

Definition of infixednext
past tense of infix
1
as in engraved
to produce a vivid impression of a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade

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2
as in planted
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win

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Verb
  • European-style art is engraved into the balcony walls, evoking the grand aura of classical theaters from past centuries.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Just their names — Austin, Paris, Hercules, Christopher Sheels, Richmond, Giles, Oney Judge, Moll and Joe — remain engraved into a cement wall.
    Tassanee Vejpongsa, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • While much of the Yucatan peninsula is covered by rain forest, the landscape designers improved on nature here creating a jungle that is less scrubby than the real thing and instead planted with dramatic Mexican fan palms and other tropical trees that create a solid green wall.
    John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
  • In addition, several caveats regarding legality, tree size, location, and species can affect where and whether the tree can be planted.
    Lee Wallender, The Spruce, 5 Feb. 2026
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  • The most subtle tribute of all is Ferdinand Piëch’s date of birth, April 1937, almost invisibly etched into the driver’s knee rest.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The hotel has an on-site library, an artist/writer residency program, and the Betsy Poetry Rail, an installation of poetry etched into metal in the courtyard.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
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  • Raw celtuce, a lettuce cultivar bred for its sweet stem rather than for its leaves, is cut into neat rectangles of a luminous parakeet green, interleaved with strips of jiggly kombu jelly, and plated atop a vermillion pool of Yongchun red vinegar.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • When vegan eating becomes more mainstream, fewer animals will be bred for food, lessening the threat of a life-threatening outbreak and nationwide pandemic.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Analysts at Citi warned that upside pressures remain embedded in the market.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 5 Feb. 2026
  • These companies are betting that customers will want agents that are deeply embedded in their ‘systems of record’—where the data actually lives—rather than a generalist agent from OpenAI that sits on top of every system.
    Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Wells became the ninth patient in Central Texas to have the Evoque implanted.
    Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The follicular units are then implanted one by one.
    WIlliam Jones, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • If your goal is a fuller plant, Kemery advises that cuttings can be replanted back into the original pot, or the vines can be rooted right in place using the bead-like tubers.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The experience isn’t rooted solely in the past.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2026
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“Infixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infixed. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.

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