as in inserts
to put among or between others
she occasionally interjected comments into the conversation
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Recent Examples of interjects
As the reporter continues speaking, though, Holland then interjects with a quick correction.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Wang occasionally interjects her own commentary during this section, adding information about the younger Payá’s brief exile from the island.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
The voice of her intrusive thoughts interjects sassy commentary throughout.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
Wang occasionally interjects her own commentary during this section, adding information about the younger Payá’s brief exile from the island.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
The voice of her intrusive thoughts interjects sassy commentary throughout.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interjects
Verb
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Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medicine technique during which a practitioner inserts fine needles into a patient’s skin.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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For this test, a doctor inserts a gloved, lubricated finger into your rectum to feel for swelling, bleeding, and any prostate abnormalities.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
12 Sep. 2025
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Little River Canyon National Preserve introduces visitors to a magnificent gorge that was created by the Little River cutting across the top of Lookout Mountain.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
4 Oct. 2025
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Freakier Friday, the two-decades-in-the-making sequel to 2003’s Freaky Friday, reunites Lohan with Jamie Lee Curtis as her mom Tess and introduces a double-body-swap plot line that sees Lohan switching places with Butters as her teen daughter.—
Katie Atkinson,
Billboard,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Additionally, Hiro had to create a prosthetic piece for when Johnson injects himself with drugs into the veins in his arms.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
4 Oct. 2025
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Pierre LeBrun’s viewpoint Arpon, no doubt the Hughes contract injects a fresh comparable into the discussion that neither the Canadiens nor the Hutson camp can ignore, though using comparables always seems to be in the eye of the beholder.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Xhaka adds leadership to a young team and, at 32, still has the legs, skill and vision to make a big impact.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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The deal adds more than 350 bank branches to Fifth Third's almost 1,100 locations.—
Alexander Coolidge,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
6 Oct. 2025
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Greengrass intersperses those blistering moments with scenes of firefighters and other authorities talking about how to deal with the fire and filling in plot points away from the action.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
2 Oct. 2025
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Private property intersperses protected areas.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Interjects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interjects. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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