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verb

present tense third-person singular of ink
as in signs
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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noun

plural of ink
as in testimonials

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Recent Examples of inks
Verb
Google DeepMind inks a partnership with film studio A24. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Volkswagen inks Iron Dome deal in defense pivot Volkswagen is pivoting from cars to military tech at one of its factories, a reflection of the challenges facing Germany’s auto sector. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 Mar. 2026 All now appears to be ship-shape for North Point boaters to enjoy a summer on the Big Lake, and at least for the upcoming seasons once the state inks the contract with Skipper Bud’s. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 9 Feb. 2026 Campos said the process of signing athletes to revenue-sharing agreements starts once the player inks a traditional national letter of intent to enroll at UTSA. — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Feb. 2026 Wrangler inks multi-year deal with country music star Lainey Wilson, reviving the trend for celebrity denim campaigns and collaborations. — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 17 Dec. 2025 Cheng Xin | Getty Images Rocket Lab shares have jumped 14% this week as the aerospace company inks new launch deals in the burgeoning space tech industry. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025 The company inks a deal with the L’Amy group for the design and distribution of its eyewear, and with Italian manufacturer Ittierre SpA for its secondary Pierre Balmain line. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025 In the comic version, Spider-Man inks a deal with Mephisto to make everyone forget his secret identity and to resurrect Aunt May. — Jack Dunn, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025
Noun
Black inks for the same printers tend to have less obvious smearing than the color ink, and many smear just enough to see a smudge, without harming readability. — PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inks
  1. signs
  2. testimonials
  3. features
  4. papers
  5. articles
  6. write-ups
  7. reports
  8. columns
Verb
  • By New Year’s Day, Snuggerud signs a five-year, $40 million ($8 million AAV) extension.
    — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This is effectively where Joe signs her fate away in the same stroke as this guy’s death warrant.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of signs
Noun
  • Kittredge wisely includes testimonials from many below-the-line crew who speak openly of pride in the movie’s ambitions but also how quickly damage control overcame everything.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Rubinger filled her website and social media accounts with testimonials from athletes praising her sports medicine practice.
    — Joshua Goodman, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of testimonials
Noun
  • Flock recently changed some of its features to prevent abuse.
    — Meg Anderson, NPR, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Conventional PCSELs generally depend on repeating patterns, and changing the shape or spacing of those features can make fabrication difficult.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of features
Noun
  • The study was published on ChinaXiv, a platform for scientific papers that have not yet undergone peer review.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Her papers at Smith College now occupy a hundred and six feet of shelf space.
    — Emma Watson, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • Some publications may remove articles from search engine indexing, but this is uncommon and typically requires a strong justification.
    — Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • In a rebuttal argument, prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo pointed to a scrapbook Davis kept containing articles about Shakur.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of articles
Noun
  • Both write-ups note that these machines deliver great performance on productivity tasks.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But the hype around Ambassadors Clubhouse was baked in before the write-ups were even published.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of write-ups
Noun
  • The tariff cost will vary by product, ranging from 15% to 50%, according to reports.
    — Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2026
  • There’s also been no reports of any other injuries on the block.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of reports
Noun
  • But since they’re still required by the rules to play all 27 outs, the Phillies just keep hijacking these Weird and Wild columns.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • And the Arverne Pier Theater wore its neoclassical inspirations on its sleeve, complete with Corinthian columns and a half-round pediment.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of columns

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