as in engraved
to produce a vivid impression of
that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind
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Recent Examples of imprinted
West Coast Falconry said the birds are imprinted on people and may behave differently from wild birds.
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Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The rumor mill fired up in earnest on April 6, when a handful of fans—first on Discogs and Reddit, then across social media—reported receiving VHS tapes imprinted with BoC’s hexagon-mesh logo.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Carol wanted to make sure that that got imprinted on Richard, that that expression was all Floyd had to leave him and then left him with it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Few moments are as indelibly imprinted into cultural consciousness as that.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Segura's legacy remains imprinted on the city of Madrid, commemorated by a civic center named in her honor and a bust placed outside the building in her likeness.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
To look at the leftover glow from the Big Bang, at the spectrum of temperature fluctuations (and also at the polarization) imprinted when neutral atoms first formed and the Universe became transparent to radiation.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
The room’s furniture remains eerily static, while their bodies’ movements leave traces imprinted around the frame.
—Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The patterns of these oscillations are called modes, and the frequency of these modes is imprinted on the gravitational waves that the binary neutron stars radiate away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Richard Ramos, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
The rumor mill fired up in earnest on April 6, when a handful of fans—first on Discogs and Reddit, then across social media—reported receiving VHS tapes imprinted with BoC’s hexagon-mesh logo.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026
Carol wanted to make sure that that got imprinted on Richard, that that expression was all Floyd had to leave him and then left him with it.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Apr. 2026
Few moments are as indelibly imprinted into cultural consciousness as that.
—Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Apr. 2026
Segura's legacy remains imprinted on the city of Madrid, commemorated by a civic center named in her honor and a bust placed outside the building in her likeness.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
To look at the leftover glow from the Big Bang, at the spectrum of temperature fluctuations (and also at the polarization) imprinted when neutral atoms first formed and the Universe became transparent to radiation.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2026
The room’s furniture remains eerily static, while their bodies’ movements leave traces imprinted around the frame.
—Sammy Loren, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026
The patterns of these oscillations are called modes, and the frequency of these modes is imprinted on the gravitational waves that the binary neutron stars radiate away.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprinted
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There's even a special entrance for the president and a dedicated holding room behind the stage with a presidential seal engraved on the floor.—
Tamara Keith,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
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Flip it over, the caseback is engraved with the own logo for Drake’s October’s Very Own (OVO) lifestyle brand and record label, making this a true pièce unique.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
21 Apr. 2026
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The name gets etched onto the bottom.—
Michael Howes,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2026
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The frustration was etched on Nikola Jokic’s face.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Imprinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprinted. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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