the practice of assigning a journalist or being assigned to accompany an active military unit
embedding in American English
(emˈbedɪŋ)
noun
Math
the mapping of one set into another
Also: imbedding
Word origin
[embed + -ing1]-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'embedding' in a sentence
embedding
Behind them another curtain of hail raced across the sea, embedding itself in the sand, turning the beach a glittering white.
Erskine, Barbara MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE (2001)
The question about embedding is, will journalists in the field also embarrass themselves?