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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Recent Examples of inks
Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 4 May 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
PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
Google inks a major contract to help the Pentagon use AI.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 4 May 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
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Mitchell is turning 30 in September, so whichever team signs him to his next contract will be paying for his post-prime years.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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The math doesn’t care who signs the order.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Boston Herald,
18 May 2026
Noun
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His list of testimonials runs from Emelianenko to Khabib Nurmagomedov.—
Mark Puleo,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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The clinic highlights testimonials from celebrities including Lindsay Lohan, Naomi Campbell and Eva Longoria on its website.—
Hanna Wickes,
Sacbee.com,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Rather than targeting flavors, the FDA said its new enforcement approach will focus on vapes with specific youth-appealing features, such as designs that resemble children’s toys.—
Matthew Perrone,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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They're designed with races in mind and lack many safety features that come with passenger cars built by automakers for typical driving.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
23 May 2026
Noun
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Turns out, researchers have already noticed this and have also written research papers about it.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
25 May 2026
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The associate professor at Columbia University’s School of Nursing had grown accustomed to having artificial intelligence tools help polish scientific papers for grammar, formatting, and other details.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
24 May 2026
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Carusillo just experienced a media cancellation of sorts, a consequence of blithely recommending a beauty treatment in one of her articles that ended up putting influencers in the hospital.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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Starting Tuesday, more than 650 long-form magazine articles will be available (in English) to Spotify users where audiobooks are available.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
26 May 2026
Noun
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An urgent update on three of our recent write-ups that have literally taken off down the home stretch.—
Josh Brown and Sean Russo,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office has created an online portal for community members to upload photos, videos and write-ups of incidents that may involve unlawful activity by federal immigration agents.—
Kathryn Kovalenko,
Twin Cities,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The weather service also gets reports and photos of the damage, so surveyors often know in advance that a storm was tornadic.—
Amy Lavalley,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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County of Hawaii Mayor Kimo Alameda said there are reports of damages to homes and structures, with roadway crews out clearing debris after several rockslides occurred around the South Kona area.—
Jon Haworth,
ABC News,
23 May 2026
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These are the ocular dominance columns, described in the Nobel Prize-winning research of David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel in the 1960s, whose recordings from cats’ (Felis catus) and macaques’ (genus Macaca) revealed that the visual cortex is not a neutral integrator of the two eyes’ signals.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The supply chain runs mine to crusher to leaching tanks to solvent extraction columns to metal reduction furnaces to sintering presses — each a separate facility, a separate specialized workforce, a separate capital cycle.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
26 May 2026
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“Inks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inks. Accessed 30 May. 2026.
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