as in inserting
to put among or between others
between the recipes for hearty peasant dishes, the author intercalates fond reminiscences of her year in the French countryside
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Sandeen accused the director of inserting their political views at church.—
Mike Stunson,
Kansas City Star,
22 Sep. 2025 -
The team created mesoporous MXenes by inserting silica pillars between the layers, opening up the space and allowing polymers to flow more easily.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Wickremesinghe set loose the armed forces on the protests, which fizzled out rapidly, and stabilized the economy by introducing painful austerity measures backed by the International Monetary Fund.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Culpo shared more snaps of her daughter’s first game on her Instagram Stories, including a shot of herself cradling Colette on the field, Colette sleeping during the game and Culpo introducing her daughter to NFL wives Claire Kittle, Sarah Taylor and Kristin Juszczyk.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Intercalating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intercalating. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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