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noun

plural of imprint

as in trails

a mark or series of marks left on a surface by something that has passed along it found an imprint on the road where something apparently had been dragged

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as in impressions

a perceptible trace left by pressure an imprint of a dinosaur's foot embedded in the limestone

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verb

present tense third-person singular of imprint

as in engraves

to produce a vivid impression of that early lesson on the value of honesty permanently imprinted itself on my mind

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Noun

Inspired by the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, the plaques feature imprints of the hands of the recipients. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 29 June 2026 At the label’s center is cofounder and marketing director Lorna Chase—a loyal, hard‑working, and ambitious brand builder with a track record in growing British food-and-drink imprints on the global stage. — Lewis Chester, Robb Report, 27 June 2026 This mattress is also durable—Dragan noticed that any body imprints pop back quickly, and is hopeful this will hold up for some time. — Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 24 June 2026 The Davis era at Sony moved into eclipse in October 2011, when new chairman-CEO Doug Morris, folded the Arista and J imprints and assigned their artists to flagship label RCA Records. — Chris Morris, Variety, 22 June 2026 When a mysterious egg hatches during a mission and the baby imprints on Ken, he's thrust into the role of parenting a newborn Gigantron. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 19 June 2026 But a reminder that contending teams are years and years in the making and more often than not have several different imprints on them. — Pierre Lebrun, New York Times, 2 June 2026 In the tale, an old, giant rhea ran so powerfully its steps left imprints in the sky, creating the constellation Choiols — known in the West as the Southern Cross. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026 The others all had much more time to put their imprints on the team. — ABC News, 27 May 2026

Verb

That stuff imprints itself on you. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026 And the custardy texture somehow imprints a more pronounced, wholly pleasant sourness. — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 One paddle literally imprints a word onto your skin. — Alysia Reiner, Flow Space, 13 Feb. 2026

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Noun

Patrouille de France, the French Air Force’s acrobatic teams, flew over New York Harbor with their red, white and blue trails, evoking images of the American flag.

— Steven Sloan, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
Its grippy outsole offers reliable traction on trails and uneven terrain, while the soft eggnog color looks polished enough to wear around town afterward.

— Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 4 July 2026

Definition of trails

Noun

They were then compensated based on the impressions and engagement their content generated.

— Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 July 2026
Mike Ford, who joined the Rays' baseball operations department earlier this year, recently shared his early impressions of working for one of New York's longtime division rivals.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of impressions

Verb

Malcolm Arnold’s 2,000-square-foot business, Apple Core Electronics, on Flushing Avenue in Bushwick makes exterior intercom panels, sets their wiring, punches buttons and engraves addresses.

— New York Times, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
The company also engraves the names of the two teams, the final score, the location of the game and its date on the trophy base.

— Paul Edward Parker, The Providence Journal, 6 Feb. 2026

Definition of engraves

Noun

Now the next crop of electric trucks are taking shape with smaller footprints, smaller battery packs, less power, and less capability, but much lower price tags.

— Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
While cementing his handprints and footprints at the TCL Chinese Theatre last June, Bardem thanked his wife and children for standing by him throughout his career.

— Charlie Carballo, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of footprints

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Simon Brook also led the technical restoration of the film, which had largely disappeared from circulation after the original 35mm prints were lost.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 July 2026
The negatives are then printed as positives on the 70-mm prints for projection.

— Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 15 July 2026

Definition of prints

Verb

Nothing etches itself in your heart quite like the memory of watching a pack of energetic African wild dogs frolicking, a lioness and her cubs dozing on the Kalahari with your own kids tucked in close.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2026
Kirby beautifully etches these notions into Miss Black America.

— Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 28 Aug. 2025

Definition of etches

Noun

The vet told Bluhme, who had never previously heard of dogs consuming cannabis, that Tokyo most likely ate an edible that had been dropped along the trail – or human waste containing traces of cannabis.

— Lianne Kolirin, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
In JadePuffer, Sysdig caught useful traces because the payloads were self narrating and included natural language reasoning, target ranking and unusually verbose comments.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of traces

Noun

Getty Images Most musicians like to promote one song at a time to radio, but the biggest names in the music industry can, on occasion, push multiple tracks.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Gosha, a local station master, has a side-hustle of his own, turning a blind eye while bootleggers siphon diesel from the tankers that sit idly on the train tracks.

— Damon Wise, Deadline, 11 July 2026

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