inlaid

Definition of inlaidnext
past tense of inlay

Example Sentences

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Verb
  • Will inset cabinets increase the value of your home?
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The gourmet kitchen has inset cabinetry, beam ceilings, an expansive island, a professional six-burner dual-oven range, dual dishwashers and a custom pizza oven.
    Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Desperate to save them, records show, doctors inserted tubes into their airways and hooked them up to IVs.
    Duaa Eldeib, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
  • Environmentalists are rejecting California’s implementation of its landmark single-use plastic law taking, claiming regulators inserted loopholes favoring the plastic industry.
    Susanne Rust Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • If Congress does nothing, research suggests, retirees will see a 28% cut in monthly benefits.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • And food stamp cuts in Arizona offer a warning to the nation.
    Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Her hospital bed was positioned with her feet elevated above her head for four days while doctors injected her with steroids to help speed her son’s lung growth.
    Tina Sturdevant, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, the biogas itself contains large amounts of carbon dioxide – often around 35% to 40% – reducing its direct usefulness as a fuel and requiring additional upgrading before it can be injected into natural gas infrastructure as renewable natural gas.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • There are interpolated bits of backstory to explain character — Simon and Jack would be left at school over Christmas by their parents (abusive and cold, respectively).
    Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
  • Part of Ayers’s respect in the hip-hop community is derived from his willingness to work with the artists who’ve sampled and interpolated him.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Hanging on the walls are stills from the film and TV projects produced by OBB—a docuseries about Shaq mentoring entrepreneurs, Sabrina Carpenter’s holiday special—interspersed with marketing images for the brand, shot onsite.
    Lucy Feldman, Time, 6 May 2026
  • Sparingly interspersed among the island narrative are flashbacks to another island, colonized long ago.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Watkins, who worked in higher education for 45 years before retiring in 2023, admitted there were some who questioned why someone who earned reportedly more than $90 million in a pro basketball career would be in college.
    Jason Jones, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • For most of Mira’s life, Patrick worked in product management at a large tech company.
    Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Hudson interrupted Belichick's CBS interview when interviewer Tony Dokoupil asked how the two met, and, CBS said, interjected several other times throughout.
    Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Roseman interjected with an important part when evaluating prospects.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Inlaid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inlaid. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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