INFIXED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

infixed

verb

past tense of infix

as in engraved

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 planted

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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Imagine a perfect replica of a sprawling metropolis, a Tokyo or a São Paulo, engraved at atomic dimensions on a tile the size of a fingernail.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
In July, when the Dodgers visited the White House, Walter presented Trump with an official World Series championship ring with his name engraved on it.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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In addition to finding recording devices similar to the ones planted in OpenAI offices, the FBI allegedly found evidence that Alfozan had planted at least one other bug.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Trees were planted directly into the ground in the gravel patio area, and climbing vines were planted with future shade in mind.

— Henri Hollis, AJC.com, 19 Oct. 2026

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Meanwhile, the pumpkins stacked outside grocery stores for Halloween, the field pumpkins bred for jack-o’-lantern duty, are a different plant for a different job.

— Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Where the Birds Go After the Wedding A pigeon bred and trained as a release bird typically returns to a specific home loft after being transported to an event.

— Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 16 Oct. 2026

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Two letters redirect actions MuTRAP is a backdoor attack, also known as a Trojan attack, in which malicious behavior is embedded in a model and activated only when a specific trigger appears.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
Underwriting notes that capture an applicant’s line of business in qualitative terms can be mapped to actual claim experience decades later—did the judgement embedded in that note correlate with better risk selection?

— Amanda Turcotte, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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An ultrasound may not immediately show where a pregnancy has implanted.

— Dara Kass, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Looking through small microscopes implanted in the mice’s heads, Patel’s team zoomed in on a particular subset of brain cells, called somatostatin neurons, as the animals reacted to the fox urine scent.

— Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026

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