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




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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

“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

Building on earlier work showing that a first pregnancy reshapes the brain, the researchers found that each pregnancy leaves its own unique imprint on the maternal brain.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

They are raising concerns that, stacked together, they leave a more lasting imprint on how households and businesses set wages and prices.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

So instead I’m devouring as many as I can and trying to imprint the taste in my memory.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

After more mergers, it eventually became part of Penguin Random House—by far the largest of the publishing conglomerates, with over 350 imprints.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 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

It was one of those trips that imprints itself on you — intimate, unexpected and immediately beloved.

From Salon Jan. 13, 2026

It had clearly been delivered by microdact; those telltale claw imprints gave that away.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

“People collect or buy the stuff that they kind of imprinted on when they were younger,” Rabold said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Obviously, that’s a moment that will forever be imprinted on my being and in my memory.

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 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

One letter he almost skipped over came in an envelope on which was imprinted the Manhattan Chess Club logo.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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

Thus, fathers have an important, albeit indirect, influence on the genetic imprinting of mitochondria and thereby on the energy metabolism of their children.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 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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