inscribe
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During Greco-Roman times, Egyptian artists were called upon to inscribe funerary spells on linen mummy bandages.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
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
"Mr Onakoya is a symbol of excellence and resilience that distinguish Nigerians both at home and abroad... Go, make history, and inscribe our name in gold," Nigeria's Vice-President Kashim Shettima posted on X.
From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2024
Over a period of six weeks, Heywood and Land roll and cut the clay, inscribe the disc with the honoree’s name and accomplishments, then apply the characteristic blue glaze and fire it in a kiln.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
I joined the ranks of the Artificery, studying how to blow glass, mix alloys, draw wire, inscribe metal, and sculpt stone.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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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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He gifted Trump and other world leaders personalized revolvers inscribed with their names and live ammunition, according to an official familiar with the matter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Joining the EU is inscribed in the country's constitution and, according to opinion polls, supported by more that 80 percent of the population.
From Barron's ● May 26, 2026
Words to be inscribed alongside those of FDR and Churchill, no doubt.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
However, researcher Kim believes it is highly likely that the names of all North Korean troops who died in Kursk have been inscribed.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
When he is near enough to read parts of the gown, he realizes that they are love letters, inscribed in handwritten text.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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The diagnostic definition has changed dramatically in that time, inscribing children with a broad range of abilities, needs and behaviors within a single term: autism spectrum disorder.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2025
Choosing a message is important, but so is inscribing it in the asphalt.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025
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
So they decided to sublimate the chaos of the invasion, inscribing their new fears and hopes on pre-existing works by 17 artists.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2022
Sumerian scribes had progressed to inscribing on clay tablets with sharpened reeds.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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