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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Recent Examples of inked
The boot brand, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, has inked a deal with 101 Studios and Paramount encompassing product and branding integration in multiple episodes this season.
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Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Kelvin Yu has inked a multi-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, Variety has learned exclusively.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Ward inked a three-year, $60 million deal, and Bynum signed a four-year, $60 million pact.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
On Monday, OpenAI inked a deal to buy $38 billion worth of compute from Amazon and will immediately start to access Nvidia’s graphics processing units.
—John Kell, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Chapman was re-signed by the San Francisco Giants at the end of the 2024 season for six years, $151 million; last offseason, Snell inked a five-year, $182 million deal with the Dodgers.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Paramount has inked a new five-year media rights agreement to make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) tour Unleash The Beast starting in the 2026 season on December 12.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
The streaming giant has recently inked eleventh-hour deals with Paramount, Fox and NBCUniversal.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
There’s a pair of cherries inked right above her knee.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Jennie Bell, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Kelvin Yu has inked a multi-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, Variety has learned exclusively.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
Ward inked a three-year, $60 million deal, and Bynum signed a four-year, $60 million pact.
—James Boyd, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2025
On Monday, OpenAI inked a deal to buy $38 billion worth of compute from Amazon and will immediately start to access Nvidia’s graphics processing units.
—John Kell, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Chapman was re-signed by the San Francisco Giants at the end of the 2024 season for six years, $151 million; last offseason, Snell inked a five-year, $182 million deal with the Dodgers.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Paramount has inked a new five-year media rights agreement to make Paramount+ the primary streaming home of PBR’s (Professional Bull Riders) tour Unleash The Beast starting in the 2026 season on December 12.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2025
The streaming giant has recently inked eleventh-hour deals with Paramount, Fox and NBCUniversal.
—Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
There’s a pair of cherries inked right above her knee.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inked
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The France midfielder signed from Lyon in the summer has been eased into his Premier League career after a two-month injury layoff, with Guardiola using him mostly as an impact substitute since returning to action in mid-October.—
Andy Jones,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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The new federal loan limits, which are enshrined in the GOP legislation signed by Trump on July 4, cap the amount professional degree students can borrow at $50,000 a year, up to a maximum of $200,000 — well below the average cost of a four-year medical school education.—
Tribune News Service,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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