imprint
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If a magnetic field was present, Weiss and his colleagues reasoned, it should have left a lasting imprint on some of the material forming within the disk.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 25, 2026
Meg Keene Books, a fiction imprint of Wicked Son press, launched in July.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
The All Blacks have been at the forefront of rugby's attempts to make an imprint in a notoriously tough sports market.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
The dispute arises from one of President Donald Trump’s more characteristically grand building projects, a new White House ballroom that has become part of his broader effort to leave a physical imprint on Washington.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
As young animals grow up in such a herd, they imprint on the animals that they regularly see nearby.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Both imprints will be distributed by Hachette, a major publisher.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
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 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
On the call, he wore a hat with a word imprinted on its front: Love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 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
One letter he almost skipped over came in an envelope on which was imprinted the Manhattan Chess Club logo.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Prof William Pettigrew, who led the Register of British Slave Traders research, described the imprinting as a "dramatic and harrowing" symbol of the monarchy's relationship to slavery.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
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
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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