as in inserted
to put among or between others
she occasionally interjected comments into the conversation
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Recent Examples of interjected
Pirro interjected in response to a reporter’s question about the matter.
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Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Shultz then interjected to share that now the family is dealing with the transplant.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Ainscough, a Studio Ashby alum who launched her solo design practice in 2020, took those distinctive doors as a starting point for the scheme of gentle greens, blues, and golden yellows—interjected with bold jolts of cherry and crimson.
—Fiona McCarthy, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
After the host suggested that Belly has to choose Jeremiah or Conrad, Han interjected.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Edeberi, appearing shocked and confused, interjected in the most professional way.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But baseball work, Preller interjected, is fun work.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Trump stood next to Moore and interjected with approvals.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
The forum moderator then interjected and turned to Mike Hilborn, who said his commercial landlord recently raised the rent for his power washing and snow plowing company from $17,000 per month to $22,000 per month after showing him how property taxes had gone up for the building.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Sep. 2025
Shultz then interjected to share that now the family is dealing with the transplant.
—Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
Ainscough, a Studio Ashby alum who launched her solo design practice in 2020, took those distinctive doors as a starting point for the scheme of gentle greens, blues, and golden yellows—interjected with bold jolts of cherry and crimson.
—Fiona McCarthy, Architectural Digest, 9 Sep. 2025
After the host suggested that Belly has to choose Jeremiah or Conrad, Han interjected.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Edeberi, appearing shocked and confused, interjected in the most professional way.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
But baseball work, Preller interjected, is fun work.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Trump stood next to Moore and interjected with approvals.
—Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interjected
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Vandy inserted itself into the Playoff conversation by beating LSU last week, so why is our Playoff projections model still so low on the Commodores, who entered Saturday with just an 8 percent chance?—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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In addition, many Department of Education employees who were furloughed were surprised to see a message blaming Democrats for the government shutdown inserted into their out-of-office replies.—
The NPR Network,
NPR,
24 Oct. 2025
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Pennywise — the iconic, malevolent shapeshifting entity that often takes the form of a dancing clown and was first introduced in Stephen King's 1986 novel It — suddenly and mysteriously appeared on five different continents on Tuesday.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Oct. 2025
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Micheli estimated about 70 bills had some form of this language, about 3% of the almost 2,400 bills introduced.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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First-time directors Chilnick, the doc’s writer, and Rakovskyi, who handles DP duties, take a straightforward approach, working mostly in vérité, with occasional to-the-camera interviews interspersed.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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His video interspersed images of him walking the city with footage of immigration officials arresting people and cited his recent legislation banning federal law enforcement from masking their identities in California and greenlighting denser housing near transit hubs.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Interjected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjected. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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