1
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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2
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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The bowl itself looks like a flower petal, and features detailed, spiral etching in the center.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 May 2026 -
Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.—
Jake Spring,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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Leeks also have the same growing needs as onions, and planting them in the same bed can simplify your gardening tasks.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Rather than keeping onions and sage side by side, try planting onions near carrots, chamomile, strawberries, lettuce, nightshades, or brassicas.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
10 May 2026
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Lubeck’s distinctive style—marked by one-of-a-kind antique stones and intricate hand-engraving work—caught Swift’s eye.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
8 Apr. 2026
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Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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Lindell’s lab, funded by MARINER, focused on improving crop yield by selectively breeding kelp with desirable qualities — such as nonreproductive capabilities to prevent interbreeding with wild kelp — so that, down the line, farmers could scale up their kelp production.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 May 2026
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It will be allowed to continue breeding for its own research purposes.—
Tanya Edwards,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
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By embedding predictive intelligence and automation into enterprise operations, Infolob aims to help clients shift from reactive support toward more proactive optimization.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
8 May 2026
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The fingerprints themselves were produced by an embedding model from an AI company called Voyage (now owned by MongoDB).—
Gina Chua,
semafor.com,
6 May 2026
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“Infixing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infixing. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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