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Recent Examples of inset
Noun
Google's edge-to-edge migration guide advises web developers to utilize safe area insets, which will ensure that UI elements will not render directly behind the navigation bar. Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025 Constructed with both comfort and warmth in mind, the dual elastic gore insets help to provide an ultra-secure fit and feel. Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
They can also be inset should the conflict drift into a different room or nearby area. Rob Wieland, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025 Businesses need to transition away from fossil fuels, increase organic coffee purchases, and shift from offsetting to insetting by investing directly in their supply chain. Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for inset
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
  • Documents requested include information about voting machines; voter rolls; software; software updates; hardware, including forensic-grade copies of hard drives; diagrams of all equipment, including network and Wi-Fi components; and flash drives that carry election results.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
  • When Did Mammals Begin to Thrive? Mesozoic era diagram with Morganucodon.
    Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Then, in 2020, with Adams freshly inserted as general manager, the Sabres signed Reinhart to a one-year contract that walked him to free agency.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 20 June 2025
  • Despite some mechanical issues during his minor league assignment, the Mets plan to insert him into the rotation during the next homestand.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Noun
  • The photographic plate lights up bright right across from the slit and dims further away from it.
    Matt von Hippel, ArsTechnica, 23 June 2025
  • Alejandro Kirk hit a grounder to third and Josh Rojas fired to the plate to throw out Bo Bichette.
    LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • However, convenience store operators and industry representatives cautioned that the surge will impose new financial burdens on lower-income smokers and potentially shift business out of state, risking closures and cuts in jobs.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • What’s missing is the huge cut in the 6% state sales tax rate that House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, proposed at the start of session.
    Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • After all, Nvidia's graphics processing units (GPUs) are a key driver of the AI revolution.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 June 2025
  • When the investment costs more than the return Over time, those mitigations have degraded graphics processing performance by as much as 20 percent, a member of the Ubuntu development team recently reported.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
Verb
  • Mirroring the materials used outside, the formal living room sports inlaid marble floors, glossy wood paneling, and a wood-burning fireplace framed by coral stone.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
  • The ornate white gold cross is inlaid with rose-cut diamonds and a large central ruby cabochon, while the 78.5 cm chain features emerald beads, briolette-, square-, and rose-cut diamonds, along with five ruby cabochons.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • An illustrator and illustrations teacher at the time, Jacobsen learned of Machine Head, a metal fabrication shop in the Crossroads, through Arts Upload, a PBS show featuring local art.
    Madeline King, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2025
  • Featuring illustrations by Nenka Myers, the book will arrive in spring 2026.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • The mayor could install one of his cronies who has no experience in running a large transit agency like the CTA.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Trim trees; install storm shutters, accordion shutters, and/or impact glass; seal outside wall openings.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 June 2025

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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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