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imprint

[im-print, im-print] / ˈɪm prɪnt, ɪmˈprɪnt /




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South Africa were too skilful individually, too connected as a collective for England to make an imprint.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

Being a parent is all about unconditional love, but the love Monica has for David is not unconditional, despite her choice to imprint.

From Salon Jun. 28, 2026

After the dot-com bubble burst in 2001 without leaving much of an imprint on the broader economy, Greenspan felt vindicated.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Every event, every force, every particle leaves an imprint that shapes the evolution of the cosmos.

From Science Daily Jun. 18, 2026

Strong feelings, especially terror and desperation, leave an imprint on the air that echo back to whoever’s unlucky enough to walk through that place again.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

Collectively, those imprints have produced more than 50 New York Times bestsellers.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2026

A Hachette spokeswoman said both imprints conducted a “lengthy investigation in recent weeks” and Orbit U.S. decided not to publish.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 20, 2026

The imprints were there; he traced his fingers lightly along them.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko

"The new normal?" poses the Guardian on its front page, imprinted over a heat map graphic of Western Europe and the UK.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

The room’s furniture remains eerily static, while their bodies’ movements leave traces imprinted around the frame.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 18, 2026

Head coach Steve Borthwick has, in the past, zeroed in on the continuity, cohesion and the long-term lessons imprinted by the white heat of a Test match - but was citing different evidence this week.

From BBC Mar. 6, 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

The world, through his unleashed emotions, imprinted itself upon him, and he carries the stamp of that passing moment forever.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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

The new study uncovered additional examples of genomic imprinting and several other forms of inheritance that do not fit Mendel's traditional framework.

From Science Daily Jun. 1, 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

This was an era imprinting itself on those who lived in it.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy




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