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
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
Now there are two more names to inscribe on the wall of remembrance.
From BBC ● May 26, 2022
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
A glowing, impossibly narrow point inscribes itself firmly on San Francisco’s skyline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2021
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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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” is inscribed on the lavender band around its leg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
Picasso had created a silhouette of me for the cover and inscribed in pen: “For Sylvette David, Picasso.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Nearly every inch of it was covered in tiny inscribed names.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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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
Min was inscribing lotus blossoms and peonies between the ribbed lines of one of the melon vases.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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