as in signed
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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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images A week after Meta committed to using millions of Nvidia’s processors to power its AI expansion, the social media company has inked another mammoth chip deal, this time with Advanced Micro Devices.
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Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
This morning, Su inked a deal that sets AMD up to truly compete with Nvidia in the years ahead.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Cousins, who inked a four-year contract worth up to $180 million in March 2024, still has $10 million guaranteed on his deal.
—Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Revlon also recently inked a deal with Champion to launch men’s and women’s fragrances beginning in 2027.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
In recent years, Dallas has inked some players to the highest contracts at their position in league history, from Prescott, Zack Martin and Tyler Smith at guard and potentially Aubrey.
—Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
Long-running Southern California band Sublime has inked a partnership with Atlantic Records, with the band’s first new full-length album with frontman Jakob Nowell, son of the band’s late original singer-guitarist Bradley Nowell, slated to arrive later this year.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
But vanishingly few have the equipment and technical know-how for traditional letterpress printing, in which individual letters on wood or metal ‘type’ blocks are arranged into words, inked up and physically pressed onto paper.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
That would have been hard to envision when Freeman inked the deal four years ago.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
This morning, Su inked a deal that sets AMD up to truly compete with Nvidia in the years ahead.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
Cousins, who inked a four-year contract worth up to $180 million in March 2024, still has $10 million guaranteed on his deal.
—Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 24 Feb. 2026
Revlon also recently inked a deal with Champion to launch men’s and women’s fragrances beginning in 2027.
—Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 24 Feb. 2026
In recent years, Dallas has inked some players to the highest contracts at their position in league history, from Prescott, Zack Martin and Tyler Smith at guard and potentially Aubrey.
—Dallas Morning News, 24 Feb. 2026
Long-running Southern California band Sublime has inked a partnership with Atlantic Records, with the band’s first new full-length album with frontman Jakob Nowell, son of the band’s late original singer-guitarist Bradley Nowell, slated to arrive later this year.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
But vanishingly few have the equipment and technical know-how for traditional letterpress printing, in which individual letters on wood or metal ‘type’ blocks are arranged into words, inked up and physically pressed onto paper.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2026
That would have been hard to envision when Freeman inked the deal four years ago.
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inked
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Today, Korean beauty brands are sold widely in stores across America, including Costco, Target and Sephora – the latter in January 2026 signed a notable partnership with Olive Young, prompting the K-beauty retailer to open its own stores in the US for the first time this year.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Senior guard Joe Sterling, who signed with Texas, scored 22 points, including a 30-foot, 3-point basket to beat the buzzer at the end of the third quarter.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
18 Feb. 2026
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