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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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as in implied
to convey an idea indirectly
are you insinuating that I won by cheating?
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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
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.
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Lewis Jacobsen,
Air Mail,
23 May 2026
But Finch insinuated that’s also a team issue.
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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.
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Robert D. Bland,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2026
This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
Mora insinuated that an honest-to-goodness QB battle in FoCo could continue through the summer months.
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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.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
Hegseth insinuated that the school might have been used to launch missiles.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
Hawaiian Airlines first insinuated that my credit card was declined.
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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
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And for the first time in more than a decade, the international group responsible for those guidelines has updated its suggested protocols.
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Johnson said the suggested economic damages of $5 million were for items including loss of earnings, loss of marital care and loss of guidance.
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Invasive plant species have infiltrated many of the natural grasslands, said DavidWedin, director of the University of Nebraska’s Center for Grassland Studies.
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The Institute for the Study of War has reported that, in the course of advancing towards Kostyantynivka, Russian forces infiltrated the southeastern portion of the city and its suburbs, pushing 2 to 4 kilometers ahead of their assessed lines.
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The Swedish-Bosnian legend implied that success comes from hewing to national tradition.
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Eastwood implied that some people in the entertainment industry want to be actors just to be famous.
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In Leo’s case, the first-generation constellation is designed to span 3,232 satellites inserted into specific orbits to cover certain geographic regions.
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For small, simple molecules, the researchers simply inserted a gene that encodes a pore protein into the SpudCell genome.
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After Tyler Soderstrom drew a walk, the A’s Jonah Heim snuck an opposite-field single past the outstretched dive of third baseman Matt Chapman.
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Julia snuck some matchstick carrots into the potato mixture, then blew my socks off with a punchy, springy topping of feta, mint, dill, and chives.
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An original call for service indicated that suspects pulled up to a CBS media vehicle and began shouting racial obscenities at a CBS cameraman who is Black, a law enforcement source said.
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Mayor Mamdani indicated earlier this month that the World Cup isn’t the only big event New York City is hosting in the coming days.
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On Monday, the Mavericks formally introduced May as their new head coach; it was announced last week, but May met with the media on Monday along with team president of basketball operations, Masai Ujiri.
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Four years later, Israel was effectively ejected from the Asian Football Confederation following a resolution introduced by Kuwait that passed 17 to 13, with six abstentions.
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The survey doesn’t explain why satisfaction has slipped since then, but a 73 is well below the fast food average of 79.
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Salih Ozcan kicked a long cross to Can Uzun got the ball in space on the back post slipped it under sprawling goalkeeper Matt Turner to Ayhan.
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