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verb

past tense of insinuate
1
as in infiltrated
to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way years were needed for the agent to insinuate himself into the terrorist organization

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2
as in implied
to convey an idea indirectly are you insinuating that I won by cheating?

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3
as in inserted
to put among or between others quietly insinuated herself among the concertgoers raptly listening to the piano solo

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Recent Examples of insinuated
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The other insinuated that Warren is not a real Bears fan, though Sweet didn’t read it that way. — Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Hawaiian Airlines first insinuated that my credit card was declined. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 29 June 2026 Beginning with the Beat Generation, slowly and gently, like pot smoke seeping from a college dorm room, America’s counterculture of the 1950s and 1960s insinuated itself in unlikely places with unexpected results. — Lewis Jacobsen, Air Mail, 23 May 2026 But Finch insinuated that’s also a team issue. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 Initially, the white Democrats who ruled the South responded to the rise of Black political power by crafting racist narratives that insinuated that the emergence of Black voters and Black officeholders was a corruption of the proper political order. — Robert D. Bland, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026 This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 Mora insinuated that an honest-to-goodness QB battle in FoCo could continue through the summer months. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026 In fact, the structure, tropes, character types, and expressive language of opera insinuated themselves into film from the very beginning. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insinuated
  1. suggested
  2. infiltrated
  3. implied
  4. inserted
  5. sneaked
  6. indicated
  7. introduced
  8. slipped
Adjective
  • And for the first time in more than a decade, the international group responsible for those guidelines has updated its suggested protocols.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • Johnson said the suggested economic damages of $5 million were for items including loss of earnings, loss of marital care and loss of guidance.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of suggested
Verb
  • Still, bits and pieces of the avant-garde dream infiltrated the mainstream.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
  • If 2025 was the year AI infiltrated every corner of consumer life — from social feeds to shopping — 2026 is the year people are pausing for thought.
    — Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 14 July 2026
Definition of infiltrated
Verb
  • Anything urgent or deadline-driven is specifically communicated clearly instead of being implied in every communication outreach.
    — Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • There’s a clear drop-off after those top four, whose odds give each of them at least a 10 percent implied probability of winning the title.
    — Katie Richcreek, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of implied
Verb
  • In the ninth inning, the Royals inserted Tyler Tolbert to pinch-hit for him against Twins reliever Jack Anderson.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 29 July 2026
  • That distinction — embedded rather than inserted — is why the format is being marketed as clinical-adjacent without the downtime or bleeding of an in-office treatment.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • Justin Guthrie Hull City Hull City snuck into the Premier League through the play-offs after finishing sixth last season, 22 points behind Championship winners Coventry.
    — Luke Bosher, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • In some cases, migrants headed south to the United States stay in the same Montreal safe houses as people who have snuck into Canada and are waiting out the 14-day refugee period.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 29 July 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • Homeland Security has indicated that getting the wall built is a priority.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Available listings in June increased by only 4% versus the same period last year, Rollins indicated.
    — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
Definition of indicated
Verb
  • This year, lawmakers introduced narrower proposals, including a bill to create a statewide HOA complaint tracking system, but those measures remain stuck in committee.
    — Nora O'Neill July 28, Charlotte Observer, 28 July 2026
  • The second apron is a luxury tax mechanism introduced in the 2023 collective bargaining agreement that imposes severe financial and roster-building restrictions on teams with exceptionally high payrolls.
    — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 27 July 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • Getty Images The MLB best home run bets slipped to an 18-65 record, with three no-bets after two misses on home run props for Chase DeLauter and Julio Rodriguez on Wednesday.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Miami, which lost 12 straight prior to sweeping Philadelphia this week, slipped 2 1/2 games behind the idle Phillies and Arizona, who occupy the final two NL playoff spots.
    — CBS New York Team, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Definition of slipped

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