inlaying

Definition of inlayingnext
present participle of inlay

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for inlaying
Verb
  • But even those who use TA say there’s something odd about inserting English letters in a sentence of Chinese characters.
    Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Dec. 2025
  • The Justice Department argued that the judge had overstepped his authority by inserting himself into questions of foreign policy.
    NPR Washington Desk, NPR, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • People who want to lose weight and are prescribed Wegovy now have the option of taking the tablet daily, versus injecting themselves with the drug once a week.
    Alice Park, Time, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The edifice may at first appear to have realized the modernist dream of injecting avant-garde art into everyday life, but its architects’ intention that the building serve only the glitterati of its day evacuated this modernist aesthetic of the socialist ideals typically underpinning it.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
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“Inlaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inlaying. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.

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