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as in to enroll
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
inscribed the couple in the society of sustaining donors to the museum
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as in to enter
to put (someone or something) on a list
inscribed his name on the list of those to be executed
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Recent Examples of inscribe
This double standard—under which players may not inscribe Bible verses on hats for one game only but may wear 'Black Lives Matter' patches for one game only—calls MLB’s true motives into question and raises serious concerns about MLB’s compliance with Title VII.
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker inscribed a message on their hats, sparking significant controversy on during the game and in the days since.
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Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
At that time, archaeologists uncovered sections of the building as well as a water pipe inscribed with the family name, Umbrius.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
The tradition started when the artists inscribed each victim’s name on a ribbon and then sent them to Orlando in the months following June 12, 2016.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Ian Miller Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
Starting pitcher Landen Roupp and relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker inscribed a message on their hats, sparking significant controversy on during the game and in the days since.
—
Laurence Miedema,
Mercury News,
16 June 2026
At that time, archaeologists uncovered sections of the building as well as a water pipe inscribed with the family name, Umbrius.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 June 2026
The tradition started when the artists inscribed each victim’s name on a ribbon and then sent them to Orlando in the months following June 12, 2016.
—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2026
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Oven cleaners are not safe for glass doors and can cause permanent damage like cloudiness or chemical etching.
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All etched into the face of a man who spent his presidency fighting to hold together a nation that seemed determined to tear itself apart.
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Hill honed her skills in 2016 by enrolling at the College of the Canyons Institute for Culinary Education in Santa Clarita, California.
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Kasheena McKee-Kimbrough enrolled her son, Kireh, in summer camp at ALM Sports Bradenton to help prepare him for voluntary prekindergarten in the fall, according to WTVG and Action News 5.
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As luxury travel continues shifting toward experiences that prioritize authenticity over excess, wine country may be entering a new era—one where the bottle remains the starting point, but no longer the entire story.
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King concluded that Saulter was in a conspiracy to get King removed from office, and directed Arriola to view recordings of other cameras in the office to determine who was entering the offices of Saulter and Goodloe.
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These include an elite Viking Age burial site unearthed near Lisbjerg and engraved 9th century silver bangles, found in Elsted, that functioned as currency whose value was determined by the jewelry’s weight.
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The ring now bears both women's wedding dates engraved side by side.
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In polling those are not the issues that Americans list as most important to them.
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In April, authorities say investigators with the California’s Contractors State License Board’s Statewide Investigative Fraud Team discovered online advertisements offering construction services that did not list a contractor license number.
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Our history is one of people carving a great civilization out of the wilderness.
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With the field now set and the Round of 16 beginning Sunday, three of the 16 teams have carved their path through Kansas City.
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In France, more than 1,000 excess deaths were recorded during the heat spell, according to the country’s national public health agency.
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The person recording the incident briefly turned the camera away after the blast.
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“Inscribe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscribe. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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