Thesaurus results for INKS

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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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inks

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noun

plural of ink

as in testimonials

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Recent Examples of inks

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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

Verb

The formal eviction process includes several steps and concludes only when a judge signs an order saying a tenant has to move.

— Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
Even if Newsom signs the bill, the program would start small.

— Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of signs

Noun

Turning Customer Stories Into Ongoing Campaigns One of the most effective uses of UGC is turning customer success stories into ongoing campaigns rather than one-time testimonials.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
That includes employee testimonials, culture videos, team stories, employee quotes on career pages, and behind-the-scenes workplace content.

— Abigail Moncoeur, Hartford Courant, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of testimonials

Noun

There's also an AI voice assistant for activating in-car features, and a mobile app for remote air conditioning management, charging status monitoring, and automatic parking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Sep. 2026
The final aircraft may keep some of these features, change them substantially or take a different shape altogether.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of features

Noun

The blockbuster trilogy of papers in the late 1990s showed that, mathematically, these two theoretical worlds (the AdS interior and the CFT surface) are the same.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
Around 10 minutes later, Pinkney lunged at a man walking a dog with his girlfriend at the northeast corner of Central Park, narrowly missing him with his knife, according to court papers.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of papers

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Further, DraftKings argues its use of marks is sometimes for newsworthy purposes, as protected by the First Amendment, namely to identify the subject of reporting and commentary in articles posted on the DraftKings Network.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Her piece on Howie Rose incorporating snippets of lyrics by Howie’s beloved Beatles was brilliant, and all of her articles have been insightful and informative.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of articles

Noun

Critical response was mixed with even the positive write-ups criticizing Beck for giving in to his most emotionally empty impulses.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Answer engines cite comparison pages, reviews and third-party write-ups from trusted local creators and journalists.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of write-ups

Noun

In other cases, Virginia prosecutors have previously brought their own expert witnesses to counter an insanity defense at trials or even disputed the claims without their own expert, according to reports and court records.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2026
Puccinelli said all but 318 districts (of nearly 2,000 across the county) are receiving accurate distribution reports through June 30.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of reports

Noun

Several readers have spoken of appreciation for the columns of mine that intersected sports and society, such as excoriating the NFL for its blackballing of Colin Kaepernick.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
The structural system, meanwhile, is based on point supports, which means the building loads are transferred through columns that can be spaced relatively far apart.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Sep. 2026

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