inserting

present participle of insert

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Recent Examples of inserting Coming off a left hip flexor strain, the Mets wanted to give him a full workday before inserting him into the lineup again, which wasn’t possible with the wildfire smoke. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 July 2026 Indyk wrote that inserting an international peace conference, or a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian final-status negotiations, into the deal was tempting but doomed to fail. Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026 Baudrillard is playing a little textual prank on us, inserting the simulacrum of a quotation into a book about simulacra. Literary Hub, 15 July 2026 Now, think about gently inserting a roll of film into a camera. Rotem Rozental, Fortune, 14 July 2026 Robbyant demonstrated the model across long-horizon and precision manipulation tasks, including preparing breakfast, unpacking deliveries, inserting tubes, picking up screws, folding clothes, and opening drawers. Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 13 July 2026 Fast-forward to the ’90s, and aftermarket tuners were routinely cracking open an engine’s computer, removing the appropriate memory chip, inserting it into a reader, and writing lines of code to a new chip. Peter Nelson, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has used his office to intervene on behalf of donors since taking office last year, inserting the state’s lawyers in civil disputes to help developers and car dealers. Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026 Laparoscopies are a type of surgery used to diagnose and treat the condition and involve inserting a telescope through an incision in the abdomen, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inserting
Verb
  • Cameron doesn't waste a second of that time, however, establishing characters (see above), introducing Newt, showing off the geography of the Hadley's Hope terraforming base, and building a creeping sense of dread.
    Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026
  • The company said joining VNEC gives it an opportunity to participate in discussions around future nuclear projects while introducing its broader portfolio beyond a single reactor technology.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • More importantly, scientists do not yet know the full consequences of injecting hundreds of tons of ionized gas into Earth’s magnetosphere.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • With one acrobatic slam after another, Yaxel Lendeborg cut through the sleepy atmosphere blanketing the pregame layup lines, injecting some energy into a crowd that was waiting to watch the team’s first summer league game at Chase Center on Friday.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • But, over the past several weeks, 200 million barrels of oil came out of the strait — adding 17 days of supply, according to Lipow Oil Associates.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • In North Carolina, House Bill 8 was part of a larger education bill that also covered things like adding a computer science requirement for high school graduation.
    Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, 14 July 2026
Verb
  • Nunez has heard of other writers who proficiently multitask, setting down a partial manuscript while starting another, interspersing it all with stories and essays.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
  • Parts of it are remarkably green, with patchwork fields interspersing the red-brick terraces, and the old industrial landscape reclaimed by nature reserves and parks.
    Alexander Smith, NBC news, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • One even hid in the lower branches of my Norway spruce tree while singing and interjecting the sound which gave it its name.
    Sheryl De Vore, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The decision capped an hours-long tense meeting filled with confusion over order of meeting operations, debate between the board and the applicant’s lawyers and rowdy members of the public who were interjecting constantly and at times, storming out of city hall.
    Lauren Costantino February 11, Miami Herald, 11 Feb. 2026

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“Inserting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inserting. Accessed 19 Jul. 2026.

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