blow-in
adjective
(of a piece of advertising) inserted in but not attached to a magazine or newspaper.
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blow-in
Americanadjective
blow in
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verb
blow-in
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noun
blow in
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But he didn’t know that the room’s wainscoting and blow-in insulation reduced the camera’s effectiveness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2022
His lesser stories have the gravitas of a magazine subscription blow-in card.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2018
And anyway," he says, raising his glass, "I'm what they call an official blow-in now.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2010
I was a fretful blow-in, by their mark, and simply not cut out for tough, gnarly, West of Ireland living.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 25, 2010
It occurs to me with rising concern that a blow-in can also blow away.
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
The final blow, in 2022, came when the company ordered employees back to their desks, starting in April.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Sabalenka and Ostapenko, two of the biggest hitters on the WTA Tour, went blow for blow in an entertaining evening encounter on Centre Court.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
But it suffered a legal blow in June last year when the EU top court's adviser recommended upholding the fine in an opinion, describing Google's arguments as "ineffective".
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
The Supreme Court actually did something good this week: The justices struck a huge blow in favor of privacy in the digital age, Cullen Seltzer explains.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
“When he was little, he’d get these real bad earaches, and he said she’d blow in his ears to make the pain go away.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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