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
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.
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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
There are more overtly sexy moments in Fennell’s movie — the physical intimacy is ratcheted up significantly from the book — but this scene underlines the Brontë’s themes of desire and repression — and the friction between them — that imprinted on the filmmaker as a teen.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Zurek shows that pointer states can be efficiently and robustly imprinted again and again in the environment.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
That message is so imprinted upon me as a designer and citizen.
—Kathryn Savage, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
Patrick Nix, who coached Nix throughout his high school career in Alabama, imprinted that in his sons.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
These instincts are indelibly imprinted in the ancient part of our brain, in our unconscious self.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
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
There are more overtly sexy moments in Fennell’s movie — the physical intimacy is ratcheted up significantly from the book — but this scene underlines the Brontë’s themes of desire and repression — and the friction between them — that imprinted on the filmmaker as a teen.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Feb. 2026
Zurek shows that pointer states can be efficiently and robustly imprinted again and again in the environment.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Feb. 2026
That message is so imprinted upon me as a designer and citizen.
—Kathryn Savage, Artforum, 10 Feb. 2026
Patrick Nix, who coached Nix throughout his high school career in Alabama, imprinted that in his sons.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
These instincts are indelibly imprinted in the ancient part of our brain, in our unconscious self.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprinted
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The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
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The statues are engraved, and the Vanity Fair Oscar Party took over its new home at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, complete with an A-plus-plus guest list, stunning costume changes for the red carpet, and, of course, In-N-Out burgers for all, served all night long.—
Vanity Fair,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Some had characteristic ticks etched along their outer edges, while others looked like small sticks cut lengthwise, with a flat and a curved side—forms that their makers crafted deliberately to produce random outcomes.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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The humble fastener has enthralled Chamberlain for years—so much so that a tattoo of a singular button is etched into her upper arm.—
Kate McGregor,
Architectural Digest,
1 Apr. 2026
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