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
His successes on behalf of the American people will be imprinted upon the fabric of America and will be felt by every other Administration that comes after him.
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Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Generic predictions include the same initial temperature everywhere, with a spectrum of seed fluctuations imprinted atop it that are Gaussian in nature and almost, but not quite, identical across cosmic scales.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Mack Wilson’s number is probably still imprinted on McCaffrey’s chest.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
These races at some point in their history all faced some ancient evil and they were imprinted with an ability to respond to it.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An upholstered bench from her studio features a handmade ceramic button imprinted with textures from nearby ruins—a homage to the city on her doorstep.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
The memory was too imprinted, the association too close.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
The footprints were likely imprinted onto the boulder as the dinosaurs passed across a patch of wet, white clay, possibly walking along or crossing a waterway during the Early Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago, Romilio said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
His shirts all had my lip gloss imprinted on the chest because I wasn't used to hugging someone so tall yet.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Sirena Bergman, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Generic predictions include the same initial temperature everywhere, with a spectrum of seed fluctuations imprinted atop it that are Gaussian in nature and almost, but not quite, identical across cosmic scales.
—Big Think, 22 Oct. 2025
Mack Wilson’s number is probably still imprinted on McCaffrey’s chest.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
These races at some point in their history all faced some ancient evil and they were imprinted with an ability to respond to it.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
An upholstered bench from her studio features a handmade ceramic button imprinted with textures from nearby ruins—a homage to the city on her doorstep.
—Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
The memory was too imprinted, the association too close.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 4 Aug. 2025
The footprints were likely imprinted onto the boulder as the dinosaurs passed across a patch of wet, white clay, possibly walking along or crossing a waterway during the Early Jurassic period, about 200 million years ago, Romilio said.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2025
His shirts all had my lip gloss imprinted on the chest because I wasn't used to hugging someone so tall yet.
—Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprinted
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In the village of Hula in southern Lebanon, a monument engraved with the names of almost 100 Lebanese killed here in 1948 just after the creation of the state of Israel lies covered in graffiti and smashed to pieces.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Images and texts were engraved into the stone with a technique called intaglio.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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Albert mentioned to Trump that Carter’s attendance came on the same day Bucky Dent etched his name into the annals of history between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Does this mean the Canon must be etched in stone, never to change for all history?—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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