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adjective

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verb

past tense of insinuate
1
as in infiltrated
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way years were needed for the agent to insinuate himself into the terrorist organization

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2
as in implied
to convey an idea indirectly are you insinuating that I won by cheating?

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3
as in inserted
to put among or between others quietly insinuated herself among the concertgoers raptly listening to the piano solo

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Recent Examples of insinuated
Verb
Hawaiian Airlines first insinuated that my credit card was declined. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Beginning with the Beat Generation, slowly and gently, like pot smoke seeping from a college dorm room, America’s counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s insinuated itself in unlikely places with unexpected results. — Lewis Jacobsen, Air Mail, 23 May 2026 But Finch insinuated that’s also a team issue. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 Initially, the white Democrats who ruled the South responded to the rise of Black political power by crafting racist narratives that insinuated that the emergence of Black voters and Black officeholders was a corruption of the proper political order. — Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Mora insinuated that an honest-to-goodness QB battle in FoCo could continue through the summer months. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026 In fact, the structure, tropes, character types, and expressive language of opera insinuated themselves into film from the very beginning. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026 Hegseth insinuated that the school might have been used to launch missiles. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insinuated
  1. suggested
  2. infiltrated
  3. implied
  4. inserted
  5. sneaked
  6. indicated
  7. introduced
  8. slipped
Adjective
  • And for the first time in more than a decade, the international group responsible for those guidelines has updated its suggested protocols.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Johnson said the suggested economic damages of $5 million were for items including loss of earnings, loss of marital care and loss of guidance.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of suggested
Verb
  • The Ukrainian military said Saturday that small groups of Russian soldiers had infiltrated the town, but counter-sabotage operations were ongoing.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The same informant then infiltrated a second conference, in 2020.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
Definition of infiltrated
Verb
  • The exterior of the Bowden house was found in Atlanta, and then McCall built a set for the interiors that was intended to convey the history implied in the script.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 10 July 2026
  • Chief competitor FedEx released its own guidance for the 2026 calendar year, which implied 20 percent earnings per share growth from June through December.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of implied
Verb
  • Cleveland and Miami are both reportedly courting a James reunion, while Philadelphia, Minneapolis and San Francisco inserted themselves as strong contenders.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • Despite spending nearly a week in the hospital — where physicians also inserted a balloon pump to help his heart recover after surgery — doctors couldn’t determine why an otherwise healthy 36-year-old had suffered such a catastrophic heart attack.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 13 July 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • When grounders sneaked through the infield, his body language was uneventful.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Some stuff released a bit earlier this week and snuck past me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • Some of the first reports indicated that Adebayo threw a punch at Herro’s head before the two were separated, but some league sources have indicated that initial portrayals of the fight were overblown.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
  • Focusing on elections Trump indicated while speaking to reporters during a meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office on Tuesday that elections will be the primary focus of his address.
    — Chad de Guzman, Time, 14 July 2026
Definition of indicated
Verb
  • Their saliva contains a sugar molecule found in mammalian products that, when introduced to us through their bite, can trigger an allergy to red meat and sometimes dairy.
    — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The picture of Cardinals cool, Walker chased down Kyle Schwarber, shut up a rambunctious Philly crowd and introduced himself to a much wider baseball world.
    — Dan Gelston, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • The Pats slipped from sixth in the league in points scored in 2021 to 17th in ’22.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 July 2026
  • The stock slipped more than 3% despite the company beating top- and bottom-line estimates in its second-quarter earnings report .
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 10 July 2026
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