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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

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Recent Examples of inks
Verb
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 John Kell OpenAI, Databricks inks AI agents pact. John Kell, Fortune, 1 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 Her husband, however, is the founder of a venture capital firm and frequently inks large returns on trades while also outperforming the S&P 500. Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 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
  • Whichever team signs him will get a lot of peak years.
    Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • OpenAI signs a $38 billion deal with Amazon.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • After a while, the film starts hitting the same note, the testimonials growing increasing repetitive.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Their testimonials on his website were not visible Friday.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Since 2022, numerous campuses have added new safety features – such as installing more cameras on campus and hiring additional police officers – while also working to strengthen their relationships with federal and local law enforcement, according to Inside Higher Ed.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
  • DeZao says one of AI’s most helpful features is its ability to receive instructions and do its work while the human employee can remain focused on the task at hand.
    Rachel Curry, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • First Brands transferred more than $10 million to Battery Park between 2018 and 2025 to pay for his and his family’s personal expenses, according to court papers.
    Jonathan Randles, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Proof of service includes a military ID card, VA card, or discharge papers.
    Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Nov. 2025
  • While Grokipedia is dwarfed by Wikipedia’s more than 7 million English-language articles, Musk said in a post on his social media platform X that Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy.
    Harry Booth, Time, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The Times’ error immediately garnered write-ups in The Washington Post, The New York Times, New York Magazine, and other outlets.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Collect those write-ups, even the tiny ones, and stack them like bricks.
    Chris Cardillo, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The central bank stopped publishing inflation reports in October last year, when the country had managed to keep the rate at single digits for 20 straight months.
    Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
  • While some reports have characterized the restrictions as targeting private jets, Dan Hubbard, an association spokesperson, said most of these flights are conducted by small and mid-sized businesses.
    James Powel, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The daughter of Veronica Hearst, one of her era’s most stylish society swans, she was raised in a lavish Fifth Avenue apartment designed by Renzo Mongiardino featuring columns, tapestries, and Old Master paintings.
    Derek Blasberg, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Lavic displays and dramatic columns of ash.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

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“Inks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inks. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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