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
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
"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
The Runes were magical inscriptions, immensely powerful for him who could inscribe them on anything—wood, metal, stone.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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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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There are many meanings that have been inscribed to “Cut Piece,” in which Ono invited the audience to come on stage and, with a pair scissors, cut off a small piece of her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
At the heart of the new system are rechargeable smart bricks and microprocessors that can read digital tags inscribed inside other Smart Play pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Starmer, speaking to British reporters on his flight home, said the pistols were inscribed with the name of each leader and accompanied by a box of ammunition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
These achievements represent extraordinary progress toward the promise inscribed in the Declaration of Independence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
He flipped the book to the title page, inscribed it and, yawning, headed for bed.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
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The diagnostic definition has changed dramatically in that time, inscribing children with a broad range of abilities, needs and behaviors within a single term: autism spectrum disorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Choosing a message is important, but so is inscribing it in the asphalt.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025
“I’ll never get tired of inscribing ‘The Strip Sack’ on anything I sign,” Hightower wrote.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023
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
She tries to think the way she imagines Marco might have as he wrote it, picturing him inscribing each page, rendering the delicate ink branches of the tree that winds throughout the book.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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