inked

past tense of ink
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 Fresh off Resident Evil, which is now Zach Cregger’s highest-grossing film at over $280M worldwide, Paul Walter Hauser has inked to star in Garden City, a new crime drama from Magenta Light Studios. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026 Spotify and Rogan first inked a deal in 2020, which saw The Joe Rogan Experience exclusively available on Spotify. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026 RedBird also recently inked a deal acquiring control of Puck, valuing the media start-up at $250 million. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026 Warner and Paramount inked a mutual merger agreement by late February. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The property had inked deals with recognizable retail brands, which looked reassuring on a leasing roster but weren’t sufficiently compelling to change local shopping patterns. — Elie Rieder, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Workers on county contracts that have already been inked are safe for now. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 During that decade, the brand inked several partnerships with leading talents, such as Karl Lagerfeld, and expanded its product offer with ready-to-wear and accessories. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inked
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  • And just a few weeks after Trump signed a bill into law, sponsored by the late US Senator Lindsey Graham, allowing for punishing sanctions to be imposed on any country that bought Russian oil, Washington has now become a customer itself.
    — Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Anthropic threw its support behind both bills in August, and OpenAI formally endorsed them last month, the same day Newsom signed them into law.
    — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 11 Oct. 2026

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“Inked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inked. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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