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interposing



NOUN
interception
Synonyms


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This device is so effective, in fact, that Kijak borrows it wholesale, repeatedly interposing these moments of gay serendipity, many of them identical to those in “Home Movies.”

From New York Times Jun. 28, 2023

The message was encoded by mechanically interposing or not interposing a three-inch block of brass in the muon beam every time a 12-billion-electron-volt synchrotron at the Argonne National Laboratory emitted a short burst of particles.

From Scientific American Sep. 1, 2022

“Hello, officer,” the kid said, interposing himself between her and Dion.

From Slate Oct. 26, 2019

But others worry about a machine interposing between parent and child.

From The Guardian Sep. 22, 2016

Michael moved in front of the machine, interposing himself between Octavian and the two Greek demigods.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan




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