insert
verb (used with object)
to put or place in.
inserting
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present participleof insert.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Additionally, more doctors are inserting Watchman devices concomitantly, meaning they perform the procedure at the same time as another procedure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
To study this system, researchers recorded brain activity in mice by inserting electrodes and stimulating neurons with light.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 30, 2026
“Arm’s strategic move is less about catching up to the accelerator wave and more about inserting itself deeper into the architecture that governs how AI infrastructure actually runs.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
More than a dozen large TV monitors display close-up video, also streamed online, of election workers’ hands inserting ballots into machines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
He was very serious about it, sawing down one side of the roll and then carefully sliding the knife out and inserting it in the other side.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
