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 slugger inked a 10-year, $10 million personal services contract as part of his $240 million deal in Anaheim before the 2012 season.
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Google and NBCUniversal inked a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, keeping the networks on the service for now as the sides work to hammer out final terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, the nonprofit counts around 10 staff members and has inked strategic partnerships with companies in Hong Kong and abroad for PR, production and business development.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota Wild inked their superstar winger to the richest contract in NHL history, which broke records in more ways than one.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The regime that inked them was, for the most part, long gone, and the subsequent leadership didn’t know what to do with four stylistically different EPs.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Refiberd x GenuTrace Forensic supply chain verification firm GenuTrace has inked a strategic collaboration with textile recycling startup Refiberd to deliver a dual-layer validation system.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Fitzpatrick said models like his company’s generative tool Lexis+ AI, which inked a seven-year contract as an information provider to the federal judiciary in March, may be the answer to risks of hallucinations and client privacy.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Levi Weaver, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Google and NBCUniversal inked a short-term extension on their existing carriage deal for YouTube TV, keeping the networks on the service for now as the sides work to hammer out final terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Now, the nonprofit counts around 10 staff members and has inked strategic partnerships with companies in Hong Kong and abroad for PR, production and business development.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
The Minnesota Wild inked their superstar winger to the richest contract in NHL history, which broke records in more ways than one.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
The regime that inked them was, for the most part, long gone, and the subsequent leadership didn’t know what to do with four stylistically different EPs.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
In May, the firm inked a strategic partnership to offer its driverless taxis via Uber in the Middle East, with a goal of scaling deployments via the app to additional international markets in the future.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
Refiberd x GenuTrace Forensic supply chain verification firm GenuTrace has inked a strategic collaboration with textile recycling startup Refiberd to deliver a dual-layer validation system.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Fitzpatrick said models like his company’s generative tool Lexis+ AI, which inked a seven-year contract as an information provider to the federal judiciary in March, may be the answer to risks of hallucinations and client privacy.
—Nino Paoli, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inked
signed
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Go back to the days of acoustic or deluxe CDs and regular and signed and call it a day.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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Getting the winger signed was necessary for Predators general manager Barry Trotz after rookie right wing Matthew Wood suffered a preseason lower-body injury.—
Eric Stephens,
New York Times,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Inked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inked. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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