inscribe
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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
Multibeam has already demonstrated the capability to inscribe 8-inch wafers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
"Mr Onakoya is a symbol of excellence and resilience that distinguish Nigerians both at home and abroad... Go, make history, and inscribe our name in gold," Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima posted on X.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
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
Breezes from the sluggish river seem to inscribe her skin with metal tips.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
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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
A hundred frowny faces can’t console the grieving widow like a single piece of stationery on which a friend inscribes her sympathy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 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
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He sent a beautiful cross and behind was inscribed, “Be joyful, keep the faith, do little things.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
With fees, the buyer paid £6,100, and a collection of four autographs from the band, each inscribed to "Kathy" - the fan to whom the key belonged - sold for a total of £5,124.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
She said she inscribed it with, “Turn this book back into a tree.”
From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026
KD1 — which is inscribed on her leg band — hails from the Prado Basin, some 70 miles southwest of Big Bear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
When Billy Pilgrim’s name was inscribed in the ledger of the prison camp, he was given a number, too, and an iron dogtag in which that number was stamped.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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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
They also look for other ways to stand out, like inscribing a logo or lettering on the carpet, Mr. Baptista said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 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
Now imagine trying to estimate the size of the triangle by inscribing little rectangles inside the triangle.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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