INSERTS Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

inserts

verb

Definition of inserts next

present tense third-person singular of insert

as in introduces

to put among or between others surreptitiously inserted the book in its proper place on the shelf

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Recent Examples of inserts One image inserts Coalie next to a coal-mining family that otherwise looks like an ad that could have appeared a century ago. —

Annie Persons, The Conversation, 7 May 2026 Many streaming hubs fill each commercial break with an assortment of spots that appear due to programmatic buying that inserts ads based on algorithms tied to demographics and geography. —

Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 Ives inserts hints of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 5th Symphony in the meditative work, and at other times seems to conjure up church bells through the piano. —

Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 14 Apr. 2026 The change added a room where prisoners are to be examined and prepped for either a standard peripheral IV, or a central line — a more invasive procedure that inserts into the internal jugular in the neck, a femoral vein in the upper thigh or a subclavian vein in the chest. —

Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026 Agentic orchestration brings agents together and inserts them directly into a process, making their work transparent and scalable. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026 Meanwhile, Catherine’s ignored handmaid, Nelly (Hong Chau), inserts herself into everyone’s drama out of pique. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2026 Detailed this week in the journal ACS Sensors, the team describes a small device made from an array of microneedles that inserts into a dead fish (or fillets) and continuously measures hypoxanthine (HX), a key compound closely associated with spoilage. —

Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2025 The move inserts Zoom into the recruiting process after expanding its digital work platform following the acquisition of Workvivo in 2023 and Bonsai, a small business management software, last week. —

Aman Kidwai, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025

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The film introduces German actor Naomi Cosma in a breakout performance, alongside a cast of young American non-pros Rivilis discovered locally in New Mexico.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 13 May 2026
In the second slide, Kelce introduces the shop (and its 87-year-old owner) in a video.

— Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026