- present participle of embed.
embedding
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of embedding
Example Sentences
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"By embedding these microbes, plastics could effectively 'come alive' and self-destruct on command, turning durability from a problem into a programmable feature," explains Dai.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
They tricked image recognition systems into mistaking photographs of cats for guacamole, and found new ways of embedding inaudible Alexa commands into five-second snippets of classical music.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
He added that “the current emergency in Garden Grove is just an example of this longer embedding of industry around L.A.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
Meanwhile Google, whose AI progress prompted Musk, Altman and others to launch rival OpenAI in the first place, is embedding AI across its popular services at-pace.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
‘Preferably one that doesn’t involve embedding my pain in the stones.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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