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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
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
Raskin insinuated that America is less safe because of her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Luke Barr,
ABC News,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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.
—
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
Raskin insinuated that America is less safe because of her leadership of the Department of Homeland Security.
—
Luke Barr,
ABC News,
4 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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Micron implied volatility sits at 116, the highest in the S&P 500 alongside Sandisk and Western Digital.
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His focus on taming inflation implied the opposite.
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The company’s method focuses on producing form, fit, and function compatible components that can be directly inserted into existing systems, reducing downtime and eliminating the need for full requalification in critical defense applications.
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Since outrage bubbled up in Kenya, some other countries have negotiated shorter terms for sharing data and pandemic specimens, and have inserted additional protections, according to the Public Citizen analysis.
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But whenever Louis’s hand dipped, Schmeling sneaked in a lightning-quick right cross.
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The six-suite Baines’ Lodge, though, has stealthily sneaked past them all as an existing camp that has received a thoughtful, artful makeover from operator Abercrombie & Kent.
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Officials have not released the identities of the suspects or indicated whether criminal charges will be filed.
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Walmart indicated that some of the affected workers might retain their jobs.
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But, by 2030, AI’s intelligence per watt (to reference a new metric recently introduced by Chris Re and colleagues at Stanford) will be dramatically higher, to a degree that few today are anticipating or have yet internalized.
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Transit profiles typically extend slightly beyond truckload timelines, with additional days introduced when freight moves across multiple rail networks.
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Only two failed transfers occurred, both involving extremely thin pieces that slipped from the chopsticks.
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His approval rating on the economy slipped two points, to 30%, from April and his rating on inflation was also down two points, to 22%, while 19% approve of his handling of gas prices in the latest poll.
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