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inscribe

[in-skrahyb] / ɪnˈskraɪb /


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Depending on the magnitude of the game, and of the challenge, Burruss would name the cast after a mountain peak, and use a Sharpie to inscribe the cast accordingly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2025

If the company is able to achieve this level of precision, it could help chip makers inscribe even smaller microscopic lines into silicon wafers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 2, 2025

If you get sued, stress the expressive elements of your business, from your choice of furnishings, colors and fabrics to marketing, including the fanciful words you inscribe on the bibles in each room.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

They reveal the design, structure and scale of the marks humans inscribe on the earth, the extraordinary vistas not visible from ground level.

From BBC ● Mar. 7, 2023

I read to him the notes which I had made at the time, and which I inscribe here:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

A high-powered laser pulse then inscribes these minuscule voxels into square glass plates that are roughly the size of a CD.

From Barron's ● Feb. 18, 2026

For a reader self-identified as a “young budding historian obsessed with history,” Caro inscribes, “To a fellow history lover.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

At the end, Joe Kelly comes out wearing a white T-shirt, which his wife quickly inscribes with “Kelly 99” in marker on the back, revealing the fourth jersey number of his 13-year career.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2023

In addition to the path of a woman in the world of movie-making, Gerwig inscribes another personal theme: the relationship of an artist to her family.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2019

There is no frost upon the windows of Marco’s flat, so he inscribes lines of symbols in the shape of a letter A with ink, pressing his darkened fingers against the panes.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The bust on sale depicts Daphne, Apollo's first love in Greek mythology, and is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma" - translating to "Rome made me".

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

She said she inscribed it with, “Turn this book back into a tree.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

“KD1” is inscribed on the lavender band around its leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

An autopsy report on an Arizona man who died in a crash noted a large shard in his neck that had a DTN serial number inscribed on it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

In some cases, he cannot even distinguish what language they are inscribed in, though each has “Le Cirque des Rêves” written carefully along the edge of the paper.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Choosing a message is important, but so is inscribing it in the asphalt.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025

They left signed jerseys in their teammates’ lockers like classmates inscribing yearbooks after the school year, except the end came much more suddenly than any planned graduation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 13, 2025

“I’ll never get tired of inscribing ‘The Strip Sack’ on anything I sign,” Hightower wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

Mr Rimmer explains that his systems can provide that failsafe verification, by inscribing data inside the diamond - data that is impossible to remove, but does not devalue the gem in any way.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2022

He lobbied her for several days, even inscribing a copy of his book, Infections and Inequalities, “For Peggy McAvoy with a big hug of solidarity and with high hopes for your help in Haiti.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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