insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
are inserting
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present progressiveof insert.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“The scary part is that no one is. These wealthy donors are inserting themselves when they feel like it.”
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2024
Rescue teams are inserting and welding together pipes through which the trapped workers are to escape to freedom.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2023
Because there aren't enough old pines, land managers are inserting lined, artificial cavities into younger trees and sometimes moving birds into them to expand the population.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 20, 2023
When writing shahid, Arabic for martyr, for example, users in Arabic are inserting “h” in place of the corresponding Arabic letter to try to evade artificial intelligence looking for posts with the word.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2021
It’s a small but significant shift: The robots are inserting themselves into our world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2018
