infixed

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
  • The Revere bowl was hidden for decades by the descendants of the secret resistors whose names are engraved on its surface.
    Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
  • Almost every surface is laser-engraved with text, in thirteen languages.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Verb
  • The top of the Garden Pavilion is covered in solar panels, which are feet away from a food garden that is an ode to the White House kitchen garden Michelle Obama planted in 2009.
    Tara Molina, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • It was planted in front of a wall running east to west, so the southern sun was blocked.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
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  • Instead of routing electricity through copper wires, photonic chips guide light through microscopic channels called waveguides etched into a wafer.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The array of 650 orange-brick apartments that once stood here remains etched into his memory.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • But with sites outside Panama shut down for years, the USDA didn't think sterile flies were being bred fast enough.
    CBS News, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Keegan said that bred a healthy sibling rivalry.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 8 June 2026
Verb
  • It is embedded within the city’s historic Jackson Park, a decision that was met with legal battles as an environmental group sued the City of Chicago for allowing a private project to be built on public land.
    Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
  • The marble bathrooms are fitted with both deep soaking tubs and walk-in showers—two options for using the Guerlain bath products—plus heated flooring and flat-screen televisions embedded in the fog-free mirrors.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Around 3 million Americans are currently walking around with one implanted inside them.
    Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 5 June 2026
  • When the woman is ready to try and have children, even years later, the eggs can be thawed, fertilized and implanted in her uterus.
    Will Croxton, CBS News, 31 May 2026
Verb
  • Montana has long inspired storytelling rooted in its history—from Norman Maclean’s A River Runs Through It to Taylor Sheridan’s Yellowstone.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
  • Plastic pollution can feel overwhelming — more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean each year — but stories rooted in collaborative community work can spark hope.
    Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
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“Infixed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infixed. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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