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 Sony Pictures has inked a deal for Jill Blankenship to pen Castle, a medieval action film stemming from an original idea from Chris Bremner‘s Unknown Quantity. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 3 Aug. 2026 Days before its record IPO, SpaceX inked a deal with Google that will bring in $920 million a month by providing AI compute capacity to the search giant. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026 Model Chrissy Teigen and husband John Legend said yes to their forever tattoos in 2019, getting one another’s names and the names of their first two children, Luna and Miles, inked on their inner arms. Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 1 Aug. 2026 The song is an unexpected choice for Bunnie Xo to have inked on her arm following her divorce from Jelly Roll. Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026 Vikings right tackle Brian O’Neill just inked an extension averaging $24 million per year, $1 million shy of Lane Johnson. Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 31 July 2026 At the party, Zietz brought in a tattoo artist and promised instant job interviews to anyone willing to get inked. Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 Despite the coalition’s effort to introduce AI guardrails, some labels involved have already inked partnerships with AI companies such as Suno, Udio and Nvidia. Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026 Shetty recently inked a multiyear deal with both Netflix and Spotify for the podcast’s video rights, which is estimated to be worth about $100 million. Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
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  • The measure also cleared the state Senate and will be signed by Moore on Wednesday, and then it can be placed on the ballot.
    Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The agreement comes after Bangladesh signed an economic partnership agreement with Japan in February, its first bilateral free trade deal.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 4 Aug. 2026

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“Inked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inked. Accessed 8 Aug. 2026.

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