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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
Verb
Hegseth insinuated that the school might have been used to launch missiles. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026 This is because the girls are both insinuated to be June’s daughters. — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026 But Finch insinuated that’s also a team issue. — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026 Hawaiian Airlines first insinuated that my credit card was declined. — Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 29 June 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 Mora insinuated that an honest-to-goodness QB battle in FoCo could continue through the summer months. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 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 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
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
  • The Ukrainian military said Saturday that small groups of Russian soldiers had infiltrated the town, but counter-sabotage operations were ongoing.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
  • The same informant then infiltrated a second conference, in 2020.
    — Keith O’Brien, New Yorker, 25 June 2026
Definition of infiltrated
Verb
  • The Swedish-Bosnian legend implied that success comes from hewing to national tradition.
    — Michael Morris, Time, 1 July 2026
  • Eastwood implied that some people in the entertainment industry want to be actors just to be famous.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
Definition of implied
Verb
  • In Leo’s case, the first-generation constellation is designed to span 3,232 satellites inserted into specific orbits to cover certain geographic regions.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • For small, simple molecules, the researchers simply inserted a gene that encodes a pore protein into the SpudCell genome.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of inserted
Verb
  • When grounders sneaked through the infield, his body language was uneventful.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Some stuff released a bit earlier this week and snuck past me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of sneaked
Verb
  • An original call for service indicated that suspects pulled up to a CBS media vehicle and began shouting racial obscenities at a CBS cameraman who is Black, a law enforcement source said.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 June 2026
  • Mayor Mamdani indicated earlier this month that the World Cup isn’t the only big event New York City is hosting in the coming days.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 30 June 2026
Definition of indicated
Verb
  • The issue has caught the attention of lawmakers on Capitol Hill, where a flurry of proposals have been introduced since the start of the year.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • In January, CyCognito introduced discovery of externally reachable MCP servers, adding them to external attack-surface inventories.
    — Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Definition of introduced
Verb
  • On Tuesday, French Open champion Alexander Zverev slipped worryingly on the baseline but was able to get straight back up.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
  • The employment-to-population ratio slipped to 59% in June, the lowest since October 2021.
    — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 2 July 2026
Definition of slipped

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