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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

The U.S. has banned the sale of tools known as extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, which inscribe silicon wafers with microscopic patterns filled by billions of transistors.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 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

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

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

These days, an annual competition run by Han's martial arts school is held at the "China Bullfighting Hall" amphitheatre, its nameplate inscribed by martial arts novelist Jin Yong.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

Joining the EU is inscribed in the country's constitution and, according to opinion polls, supported by more that 80 percent of the population.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

Words to be inscribed alongside those of FDR and Churchill, no doubt.

From Salon May 24, 2026

However, researcher Kim believes it is highly likely that the names of all North Korean troops who died in Kursk have been inscribed.

From BBC May 7, 2026

Nearly every inch of it was covered in tiny inscribed names.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

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

Kushner goes even further, inscribing their gesamtkunstwerk — a heady fusion of ballet, opera, Shakespearean tragedy and nascent youth culture — in a pantheon of revolutionary modernist masterpieces.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2021

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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