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Recent Examples of inset
Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Shaker cabinets inset with mauve pink grass cloth and outfitted with vintage brass swan pulls stand opposite a spacious marble vanity inspired by her mother’s.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Trim wallpaper to fit inside the door insets and adhere with crafts glue.
—Maria V. Charbonneaux, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Dec. 2024
Madigan-Curtis sees big upside in trading offsets for insets.
—Nick Rockel, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
Businesses need to transition away from fossil fuels, increase organic coffee purchases, and shift from offsetting to insetting by investing directly in their supply chain.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Shaker cabinets inset with mauve pink grass cloth and outfitted with vintage brass swan pulls stand opposite a spacious marble vanity inspired by her mother’s.
—Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inset
Noun
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The Altar Stone seems to have traveled the greatest distance, but the bluestones—turquoise in the diagram on the left—were quarried 140 miles away, in Wales, and even the nearest stones were dragged 14 miles.—
Richard Grant,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Mar. 2025
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These are lower-end bike computers that, sure enough, could roughly tally with the rectangular diagram seen in the FCC documentation.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Water enemas: For this treatment, your healthcare provider gently inserts water into your colon to soften and release hard or stuck stool.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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But inserting yourself, even with unspoken opinions, is going to lead to hard feelings.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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How long those plates can keep spinning is unclear, especially as tariffs start nudging up costs for American consumers.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Baty ended the day with an OPS of .259 in 27 plate appearances that included him looking at a borderline called third strike after committing his critical error in the field.—
Larry Fleisher,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The latter roughly matches the level awarded to municipalities prior to legislative cuts in 2014.—
Keith M. Phaneuf,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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American visitors are worried about the impacts of job cuts in the region, which relies heavily on the millions of tourists who visit Arches and Canyonlands national parks.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Jeff Rueter’s graphic of the weekend How did other U.S. players get on?—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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As seen in the graphic below, there’s also a host of regional banks set to report, providing a pulse on economic activity in different corners of the country.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,Matthew J. Belvedere,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
Verb
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While the bamboo and bone tiles may be long gone, and the mahjong table is now inlaid with phone charging sockets rather than mother of pearl, the game’s magic remains the same.—
Claire Turrell,
Smithsonian Magazine,
7 Feb. 2025
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Trump leads a reporter into the dining room to The Table — a two-ton marble monster 12-feet long, made in the Medici Marble Works of Florence, inlaid with Persian lapis lazuli, peachstone, red and green jasper, white shell, yellow chalcedony and Oriental alabaster — for a one-on-one interview.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Here’s a visual illustration of this collective shrug of the shoulders.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
22 Mar. 2025
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The education campaign featured online illustrations depicting a Black mother, child and teenager suffering from the consequences of the mother’s marijuana usage.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The wall-mount toilet is easy to install.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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This system is much easier to install than the sewage ejector pump and pit.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Inset.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inset. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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