imprint
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“May this doll remind every child and every collector that dreams have no limits, excellence leaves a lasting imprint, and true greatness never goes out of style.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
As a result, the enhanced clustering does not create a stronger gravitational imprint on the cosmic microwave background.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
Fourteen publishers bid for the U.S. rights, and Macmillan’s Minotaur Books imprint won the frenzied auction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“We are really seeing in market prices the imprint of the new chair,” said former Minneapolis Fed President Narayana Kocherlakota, now a professor of economics at the University of Rochester.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
She touched the stone marker, feeling the imprint of her mother’s name with her fingers.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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In one study, currently under peer review, we found that clumps of imprints behave just like dark matter, an unknown substance that makes up most of the matter in the universe.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
"There are so many imprints in my experience of going to the movie theatre as a kid and growing up going to the movies," he said.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
Leading imprints include Scribner, Atria Books and its namesake flagship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Unlike traditional publishing houses, Bindery operates via a handful of influencer-led imprints, designed to better serve reader interest and take the burden of book promotion off under-resourced authors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
The wind gusted across the tire tracks and imprints of human shoulders and hands; and there was nothing left but broken bottles and a black mark on the ground where the fire had been.
From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko
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The dogs are trained using toys imprinted with a human's smell, Ivory explains.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
By the time the juveniles migrate in August or September, the location is imprinted on their memory so, when they are ready to breed, usually after two or three years, they will return.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
But skating over the Olympic rings imprinted on the Milan ice rink has "felt different than any other competition," he said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
When I did deep investigation work, it came back to me, this memory that had really imprinted on me from childhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
It was clear from the way the footprints were imprinted in the dirt that they were fresh, but they were also...strange.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
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Monica may spend time with David and choose whether she’d like to activate his imprinting feature, triggering a familial love that looks and feels as real as her biological son’s — at least to David.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
If there’s another cub in California, the agency may try to pair them up to keep them from imprinting on people, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2025
Howe immediately set about imprinting his methods at Newcastle.
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025
In the case of the flu vaccine, imprinting has negative effects.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
Herds of puffy cumulus raced beneath the sun, imprinting the landscape with a shifting matrix of shadow and blinding light.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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