inlaid

past tense of inlay

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Verb
  • Oahu residents evacuate Ewa Beach, main, right and left, to the side of Kunia Road in Kapolei, Oahu, Hawaii, on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, and vehicles in Honolulu, inset, as locals and tourists evacuate the area.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
  • This will feel most immediately obvious: Netflix’s top recommendation, the homepage’s hero module, is now more prominent, with its corners rounded off in a tile instead of inset into the background.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • The Bengals also worked out former Cleveland Browns signal-caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles this offseason but was among the team's cuts in August.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In 2024, the Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates three times — a half-point cut last September, a quarter point cut in November, and a quarter-point cut in December.
    Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Text transmitted to the Cat via the serial port was inserted into the document as if it had been typed in at the console.
    Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Bake at 425°F until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 23-26 minutes.
    Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Rogers said federal infrastructure investment, such as the Biden-era Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that injected $550 billion worth of spending on new infrastructure investments across the country, is fueling this growth and will also lead to more investments into Arkansas Steel Country.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Elon Musk’s surprising disclosure of his roughly $1 billion Tesla share purchases injected a vote of support in the volatile electric vehicle maker, setting it up for a strong end to a challenging 2025.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
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“Inlaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inlaid. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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