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  • present participle of embed.
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embedding

American  
[em-bed-ing] / ɛmˈbɛd ɪŋ /
Also imbedding

noun

Mathematics.
  1. the mapping of one set into another.


embedding British  
/ ɪmˈbɛdɪŋ /

noun

  1. the practice of assigning or being assigned a journalist to accompany an active military unit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of embedding

embed + -ing 1

Example Sentences

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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

In 2022, it released a “Player for Education” embedding tool that allows teachers to assign videos stripped of ads and recommendations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Their arguments helped convince congressional Republicans to push for the 15th Amendment, embedding in our national charter for the first time the idea that the right to vote is essential to a functioning democracy.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026

I stand in front of the mirror, feeling the little grains of sand embedding ever deeper into my hair.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

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