INFIXING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

infixing

verb

present participle of infix

as in etching

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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as in planting

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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Regularly cleaning your glass shower doors is essential for maintaining their clarity and protecting them from permanent damage or etching.

— Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 July 2026
Oven cleaners are not safe for glass doors and can cause permanent damage like cloudiness or chemical etching.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 4 July 2026

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As a bonus, those seasons are ideal for planting a replacement shrub or re-establishing a lawn if it is damaged during the shrub removal.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
Daugherty recommends planting various evergreens to provide food and shelter for birds over the winter.

— The Spruce, The Spruce, 5 July 2026

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As of 2000, the species had established a self-sustaining breeding population in the South Florida ecosystem.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 July 2026
For years, the only factory breeding sterile flies in the Western Hemisphere was in Panama, but the USDA invested $21 million to convert a site in southern Mexico from breeding fruit flies to recently start breeding screwworm flies.

— John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026

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True progress means embedding these principles into all organizational functions, building trust as infrastructure, and continuing the work quietly, regardless of political shifts or public scrutiny.

— Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
One of Tinic’s earliest moves when stepping into the CIO role was the creation of centralized data and AI teams, rather than embedding those resources into various infrastructure and application teams.

— John Kell, Fortune, 8 July 2026

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