INSETS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of inset

as in figures

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verb

present tense third-person singular of inset

as in inserts

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Noun

These figures therefore should not be treated as interchangeable measures of payload capacity.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
More than 1,500 businesses were affected nationwide, according to the FCD figures.

— Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of figures

Verb

Instead of putting bourbon into a new set of barrels, the distillery inserts 10 virgin French oak staves that have been seared into cask-strength Maker’s, and lets the whiskey age for a little more than two months in its cool limestone cellars.

— Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026
When introduced into another cell, the gene produces a protein that inserts into the cell membrane.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of inserts

Noun

The reconstruction was made trickier, however, by the fact that the crew weren’t allowed to take photographs inside Downing Street and there aren’t diagrams online.

— Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026
Capturing it requires going beyond policies and process diagrams and working alongside the people who actually perform the work.

— Balaji Sreenivasan, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of diagrams

Verb

Netflix co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters announced the cuts in a memo to staff Wednesday morning.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Netflix has initiated a major round of layoffs Wednesday, eliminating about 6% of its global staff or some 1,000 jobs for its biggest round of job cuts in four years.

— Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of cuts in

Noun

And so one New Year’s Day, when Andrews and her friends set out on a tour of the area’s Chinese restaurants, the men—unbeknownst to her—collected a few plates here and a few cups there.

— Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
Its counters are crowded with plants and flowers in various states of decay, stacks of plates, fruit and Venezuelan snacks like tins of Pirulin cookies, all styled like a Dutch still life.

— Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of plates

Noun

The collection features embellishments by Swarovski crystals along with embroidery with metallic thread and graphics that are inspired by hand painting.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
Using the Steam Deck graphics preset, as shown in the chart, the Xbox Ally X20 performed similarly to the Xbox Ally X and Legion Go 2.

— Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of graphics

Noun

Al Hassan remembers showing a group of visitors TAMM’s feature for taking pictures and reporting potholes.

— Inzamam Rashid, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
The men appear to have developed a close relationship and often share pictures together on their socials, including posing together at the 2021 Los Angeles premiere of the Peter Jackson’s Beatles miniseries Get Back (see above).

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2026

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