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

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

And they are inserting tagging chips in the bellies of juvenile salmon to detect them as they pass the mouths of two tributary creeks.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2014