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inscribe

[in-skrahyb] / ɪnˈskraɪb /


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The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Thursday voted to move forward with President Trump’s plan to close the building for renovations and to inscribe his name on the building to commemorate the upgrades.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Multibeam has already demonstrated the capability to inscribe 8-inch wafers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 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

If you get sued, stress the expressive elements of your business, from your choice of furnishings, colors and fabrics to marketing, including the fanciful words you inscribe on the bibles in each room.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

I read to him the notes which I had made at the time, and which I inscribe here:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

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

Warren’s scene takes place at a book signing, where she inscribes a book for a fellow-senator, played by John Goodman, promising that she’s not going to run for President.

From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 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

The bust is inscribed with the Latin phrase "me fecit Roma", translating to "Rome made me"

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

She said she inscribed it with, “Turn this book back into a tree.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

The D-Day landings join more than 50 French sites already inscribed on the list, alongside the spectacular Mont Saint Michel island in Normandy and the Palace of Versailles.

From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026

Picasso had created a silhouette of me for the cover and inscribed in pen: “For Sylvette David, Picasso.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

The recipe is incomplete, since the lamp ought to be inscribed with mysterious characters and there is an incantation to be mumbled.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

“I’ll never get tired of inscribing ‘The Strip Sack’ on anything I sign,” Hightower wrote.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 21, 2023

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

Now imagine trying to estimate the size of the triangle by inscribing little rectangles inside the triangle.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife


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