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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.
—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
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.
—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
Adjective
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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.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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There is no suggested path through the works at the Geffen.—
Horace D. Ballard,
Artforum,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The moment the cannula infiltrated, time split in two.—
Nisha Narayanan,
STAT,
5 June 2026
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Called Debug, the project targets Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which are native to Africa but have infiltrated nearly half of California’s counties since first being detected in the state in 2013.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Previous measurements implied that the motion of stars in the SMC were indicative of the rotation of the dwarf galaxy, but according to these new results, that was a misinterpretation.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
7 June 2026
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This week’s ruling on Alabama makes explicit what was merely implied in Callais.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Verb
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His first chance will be against the Colorado Rockies’ Tomoyuki Sugano as Freeland was inserted into the starting lineup at second base.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2026
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To make the process even easier for novices, the M2 leverages AI to detect the type of materials inserted and automatically adjust the settings for cutting, engraving, or just scoring to make thinner materials easier to flex and fold.—
Andrew Liszewski,
The Verge,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Her initial thought was that the neighbor’s cat must have snuck into her yard.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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The children couldn’t make calls unmonitored, so Matthew snuck into payphones, a hoodie over his head, to pass information back to the fracturing cult, which still contained a few adult loyalists.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Coach Kyle Shanahan and general manager John Lynch have repeatedly indicated that Aiyuk is not expected to resume his career with the 49ers.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
10 June 2026
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Cats then approached and indicated the object as often as dogs and children did.—
Anirban Mukhopadhyay,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
Verb
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In February, Assemblymembers Alex Lee (D-San Jose) and Josh Hoover (D-Folsom) introduced AB 1729, which would protect the ability of state employees to work remotely and suspend Newsom's return-to-office mandate.—
Kassia Bonesteel,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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The performance was introduced by The Book of Mormon creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone (South Park) and double EGOT winner Robert Lopez, who cowrote the popular Broadway production together.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
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Oil prices rise, stocks fall over Hormuz deadlock Oil prices rose and stocks slipped on growing signs that the Strait of Hormuz was likely to remain all but shut for the foreseeable future.—
semafor.com,
semafor.com,
29 May 2026
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Vaccination rates have slipped, and large, multistate outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases have inevitably come roaring back.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Insinuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insinuated. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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