as in shrimp
a person of no importance or influence
the magazine's editor in chief was notorious for treating staffers as insects, often not even bothering to learn their names
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Recent Examples of insects
These stinging insects are black with yellow or white bands and are bigger than bees and yellow jackets.
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Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
But Dumont wanted to look beyond insects to find out know how the spindle behaves in mammalian cells like ours.
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Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Along with providing a convenient way to drink, the tumbler serves as a lid atop the carafe, keeping dust and insects out of your water.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Use a pet-friendly insecticide like Zevo, which relies on concentrated essential oils to knock down roaches and other insects.
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Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
Protein In spring and early summer, wasps are heavily drawn to anything high in protein, from other insects to the hamburgers on your barbecue or deli meat on a sandwich.
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Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
28 June 2026
When the weather is severe, many insects want to come inside to find water or stay safe.
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Eva Flowe
june 23,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
Flapping flight dominates the airborne movements of flying insects, but birds can also glide and soar.
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Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Around 2 million bees are believed to have escaped from the trailer, according to KBTX, after the driver carrying 50,000 pounds of the insects failed to complete a turn and spilled the load, radio station KOGT reported.
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Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
29 June 2026
But Dumont wanted to look beyond insects to find out know how the spindle behaves in mammalian cells like ours.
—
Jake Buehler,
Quanta Magazine,
29 June 2026
Along with providing a convenient way to drink, the tumbler serves as a lid atop the carafe, keeping dust and insects out of your water.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
29 June 2026
Use a pet-friendly insecticide like Zevo, which relies on concentrated essential oils to knock down roaches and other insects.
—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
28 June 2026
Protein In spring and early summer, wasps are heavily drawn to anything high in protein, from other insects to the hamburgers on your barbecue or deli meat on a sandwich.
—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
28 June 2026
When the weather is severe, many insects want to come inside to find water or stay safe.
—
Eva Flowe
june 23,
Charlotte Observer,
23 June 2026
Flapping flight dominates the airborne movements of flying insects, but birds can also glide and soar.
—
Literary Hub,
22 June 2026
Around 2 million bees are believed to have escaped from the trailer, according to KBTX, after the driver carrying 50,000 pounds of the insects failed to complete a turn and spilled the load, radio station KOGT reported.
—
Gabrielle Rockson,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insects
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.
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Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
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The card will also feature several other San Diego-area boxers, including super lightweights Daniel Morales (8-0, 5 KOs) and Angel Juan Estrada (12-1-1, 9 KOs).
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Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
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Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.
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Brown dwarfs are weird objects that have masses that are intermediate between those of giant planets and small stars.
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Writer Steve Phillips’ investments in the race dwarfs spending by any other single donor.
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“Insects.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insects. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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