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as in to etch
to produce a vivid impression of
a puzzling detail that had been infixed in the detective's mind for over a decade
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as in to plant
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a football coach celebrated for infixing in his players an all-consuming will to win
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Oven cleaners are not safe for glass doors and can cause permanent damage like cloudiness or chemical etching.
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All etched into the face of a man who spent his presidency fighting to hold together a nation that seemed determined to tear itself apart.
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Her suggestions include an IONNYK digital art frame, planting trees in a national park through the National Park Foundation or a custom travel trunk by Eva Joan Repair.
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This season, some farmers may opt to plant crops that require less nitrogen fertilizer than corn, such as soy beans, in response to rising costs.
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These include an elite Viking Age burial site unearthed near Lisbjerg and engraved 9th century silver bangles, found in Elsted, that functioned as currency whose value was determined by the jewelry’s weight.
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The ring now bears both women's wedding dates engraved side by side.
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With no natural predators and the ability to breed year-round, their populations have exploded over the decades.
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Plant breeders, including universities, have long experimented with breeding new crop varieties, and some have become household names.
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The two-part procedure involves implanting thin electrodes into precise areas of the brain linked to Tourette symptoms, then connecting them under the skin to a pulse generator near the collarbone.
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Just like a cardiac pacemaker responds to the heart’s rhythm, the team’s implanted personalised adaptive DBS (aDBS) responds to the rhythm of walking.
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Welty was following a GPS tracker that researchers had imbedded into the female python.
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That intellectual development did not end with Wilson, but became embedded in the institutions of the new Republic.
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“Infix.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infix. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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