inserted

verb

past tense of insert
as in introduced
to put among or between others surreptitiously inserted the book in its proper place on the shelf

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Recent Examples of inserted As a result, the Royals inserted Luke Maile behind the plate to finish the night. — Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026 Jabbour said an endovascular cerebrospinal fluid shunt, or E-shunt, is threaded into the brain with a catheter that's inserted through the groin. — Stephanie Stahl, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 In the days before her confrontation with Cunningham, Carrington inserted herself into the national dispute over transgender participation in women’s sports. — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026 Deloitte's research found that many organizations have inserted AI into existing workflows without redesigning the jobs and processes around it. — Jayasri Ranganathan, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Wear sensors in the buds automatically pause playback when they’re removed and resume playback when re-inserted. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026 Bake until a wooden pick inserted into center of muffins comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes; let cool 5 minutes. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026 Nine were the initial sequences output by the AI, and the remaining seven had acquired additional mutations after being inserted into bacteria. — ArsTechnica, 6 Aug. 2026 An area on the arm is cleaned and a new sterile needle is inserted into a vein. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inserted
  1. introduced
  2. injected
  3. interspersed
  4. added
  5. interpolated
  6. interjected
Verb
  • Ross, Oscar, and Persephone were all metagamers who weren’t introduced to each other, and who had to make silly faces throughout the game, then point each other out based on the face-pulling, which Oscar and Sephi both successfully do.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2026
  • She was raised in Pasadena and was introduced to the music of such artists as Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, Hank Williams, the Pretenders, and Neil Young through her family’s extensive vinyl record collection.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • Post-deadline promotions of Brett Bateman and Charles McAdoo injected speed into the lineup.
    — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • It's injected into the abdomen, releasing into the body slowly over time.
    — Michal Ruprecht, NPR, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of injected
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  • Mounds of boulder star coral, interspersed with elkhorn and staghorn, shelter Caribbean spiny lobsters and green moray eels.
    — Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Live broadcasts of the volcano’s activity show periods of complete clarity interspersed with ash emissions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of interspersed
Verb
  • And given that, and the high state and municipal taxes many households and businesses face, Fazio added, Connecticut should tighten retirement benefits again before extending them next summer.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Both memes are so prevalent that they were recently added as entries on Know Your Meme, which also hosts a separate entry for Pattinson himself, given his history of going viral.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of added
Verb
  • But other parts of the country are more like sensor deserts, where AQI scores are interpolated from readings made in far-off places, and precision is reduced.
    — Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of interpolated
Verb
  • Maher interjected, citing a settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
  • Carr interjected, eager to include the 41-year-old unrestricted free agent in the conversation of incumbent on-ball presences on the Lakers.
    — Law Murray, New York Times, 27 June 2026
Definition of interjected

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“Inserted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inserted. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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