embed
/ɪmˈbɛd/
noun
- A journalist who is attached to a military unit during a conflict.
- The military provided training for every embed before deployment.
- The embed filed daily reports from the combat zone.
- Each embed had to follow strict safety protocols.
verb
- To fix something firmly and deeply into a surrounding mass.
- The fossil was embedded in a layer of sedimentary rock.
- The mason embedded the stone into the concrete wall.
- Splinters of glass were embedded in the wood after the window broke.
- To include or incorporate something as an essential part of a larger system or context.
- Cultural values are often embedded in the stories we tell children.
- The journalist embedded a video clip in her online article.
- The company embedded security features into the software.
- To attach a journalist or reporter to a military unit during a conflict.
- Being embedded allowed the journalist to report from the front lines.
- Several foreign correspondents were embedded with the peacekeeping forces.
- The network decided to embed a reporter with the infantry division.
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