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inscribe

[in-skrahyb] / ɪnˈskraɪb /


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The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Thursday voted to move forward with President Trump’s plan to close the building for renovations and to inscribe his name on the building to commemorate the upgrades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026

"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

Over a period of six weeks, Heywood and Land roll and cut the clay, inscribe the disc with the honoree’s name and accomplishments, then apply the characteristic blue glaze and fire it in a kiln.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023

I joined the ranks of the Artificery, studying how to blow glass, mix alloys, draw wire, inscribe metal, and sculpt stone.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

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

A glowing, impossibly narrow point inscribes itself firmly on San Francisco’s skyline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2021

Warren’s scene takes place at a book signing, where she inscribes a book for a fellow-senator, played by John Goodman, promising that she’s not going to run for President.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 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

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

The iconic D-Day landing beaches in Normandy were on Sunday inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, marking the culmination of a project launched nearly two decades ago.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

There are names inscribed on the bronze panels, dozens of names.

From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth

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

He had spent hours on the details of the monkey’s features, inscribing them with progressively finer points.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park


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