initials

verb

present tense third-person singular of initial
as in authors

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  1. authors
  2. inscribes
  3. signs
  4. scrawls
  5. pens
  6. endorses
Verb
  • In addition, Roberts often authors the opinions in the biggest cases – and there are some big ones left.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Clare McAndrew, who authors the Art Basel and UBS Global Art Market Report, told The Observer that demand for his paintings had surged more than 1,200 percent in the forty-eight hours following his passing.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 22 June 2026
Definition of authors
Verb
  • The path the moon inscribes around the Earth is elliptical rather than circular.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The current inscribes some victims’ skin with mysterious scarlike patterns called Lichtenberg figures, which resemble the limbs of a barren tree—or the branching structure of lightning itself.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Definition of inscribes
Verb
  • By New Year’s Day, Snuggerud signs a five-year, $40 million ($8 million AAV) extension.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This is effectively where Joe signs her fate away in the same stroke as this guy’s death warrant.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Verb
  • Hope scrawls a single word on the paper and folds it up.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Definition of scrawls
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  • This week, Gracie Abrams pens a tearjerker on mother-daughter relationships, Steve Lacy escapes the abyss of a breakup on a colossal double track, and Beabadoobee contemplates risk and reward on a fuzzy new single.
    — Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 17 July 2026
  • Sarah Rothschild pens the screenplay with Elizabeth Cantillon producing.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2026
Definition of pens
Verb
  • Flynn biographer Jeffrey Meyers endorses the view that power politics and corruption fueled the case.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The Boston Herald endorses David Solet for Middlesex District Attorney.
    — Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of endorses
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