as in to sign
to write one's name on (as a document)
the basketball star just inked a two-year contract with the most celebrated franchise in the NBA
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Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
With San Jose pushing to attract manufacturing, research labs and data centers, city officials say PG&E is on track to provide power to a dozen major projects by 2030, as highlighted in a deal inked with the utility giant last year.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Matt Schooley, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Its tech is essentially a hybrid of direct ink printing and fused deposition modeling, two of several techniques being developed by companies vying to bring these energy sources to market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Last October, the AIIB inked cooperation agreements with four Malaysian banks—Maybank, CIMB, AmBank and BPMB—to mobilize $6 billion to finance green infrastructure projects across Southeast Asia.
—Angelica Ang, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026
With San Jose pushing to attract manufacturing, research labs and data centers, city officials say PG&E is on track to provide power to a dozen major projects by 2030, as highlighted in a deal inked with the utility giant last year.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
The man had a message written on his chest and back in black ink.
—Matt Schooley, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Its tech is essentially a hybrid of direct ink printing and fused deposition modeling, two of several techniques being developed by companies vying to bring these energy sources to market.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 Feb. 2026
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His first play, 'The Gaffer', premiered at the Underbelly Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe in 2023, and he was signed by the Greyhound Literary Agency in Bloomsbury in 2024 for his debut novel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
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As her boys crashed around her, Meyers Taylor signed to them.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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One of his most notable accomplishments was a paper published in 2007 about the presence of water on a distant planet outside our solar system.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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The plant was fully integrated into the paper mill’s heat generation infrastructure.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
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The attendant publicity helped fuel Jackson’s 1984 unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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The defense asked for a change of venue because of pretrial publicity, and prosecutors agreed.—
John Raby,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board consists of Opinion Editor Steve Bousquet, Deputy Opinion Editor Dan Sweeney, editorial writers Pat Beall and Martin Dyckman, and Executive Editor Gretchen Day-Bryant.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Feb. 2026
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Readers of this paper deserve editorials that grapple fully with the available record rather than selectively framing.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Feb. 2026
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This column should be required reading for all 535 members of our Congress, but especially for the six that represent our state.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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Posing with Marty Supreme star Gwyneth Paltrow at the 2026 Santa Barbara Film Festival, Hudson tapped into her boho glam roots wearing a sheer pink Louis Vuitton slip column dress that was covered in intricate floral beading.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
16 Feb. 2026
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The car, however, has a feature that automatically turns off the engine after one hour of idling.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Zuckerberg is expected to face questions about what Meta has known about the risks of its platforms for young users, and whether those safety features were sufficient to mitigate them.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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After making a short list of preferred firms, review client testimonials and success rates.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone
February 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 Feb. 2026
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The defendants are also prohibited from making misleading representations related to earnings claims, testimonials, and the use of artificial intelligence.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Information for this article was contributed by Jamey Keaten, Stephanie Liechtenstein, Melanie Lidman and Matthew Lee of The Associated Press and Susannah George and Karen DeYoung of The Washington Post.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Feb. 2026
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The article comes on the heels of the weekend’s Munich Security Conference, where US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Europe to assume more responsibility for its own defense after relying for decades on Washington’s help as the backbone of its security.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Ink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ink. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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