INSETTING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

insetting

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present participle of inset

as in inserting

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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images In late July, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang posted on X for the first time to defend open-source models in artificial intelligence, inserting himself into a debate that was raging across the industry.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Adding to the mix is the subtext of an Administration that revels in inserting itself into any business deal and the ongoing story of the efforts of a politically friendly billionaire trying to close the deal.

— Rick Ellis, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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The process of hydraulic fracturing ekes out oil from older wells, and involves cracking the bedrock several thousand feet below the seafloor by injecting chemical fluids with intense pressure.

— Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
The report documents allegations of professors and teaching assistants injecting anti-Israel activism into coursework, even going so far as to offer extra credit for attending anti-Israel events.

— Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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The camera's image processor takes this data and creates a color image using a technique called demosaicing, which fills in missing color by interpolating information from the surrounding pixels.

— Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026
Cinematic history is filled with examples, some more successful than others, of filmmakers creating dramas based on traumatic real events and interpolating raw documentary material to impart a sense of authenticity.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2026

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Khvicha Kvaratskhelia is a constant threat cutting in from the left, and if Dembélé features, he will be given the freedom to drift and find pockets of space centrally.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Add shortening and continue cutting in until flour is pale yellow and resembles coarse cornmeal with butter bits no larger than small peas.

— Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

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