inscribed

past tense of inscribe
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as in etched
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface paid a jeweler to inscribe their names and wedding date on their wedding rings

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as in listed
to put (someone or something) on a list inscribed his name on the list of those to be executed

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Recent Examples of inscribed Collectors who purchased a piece gained the right to have the tattoo inscribed on their body, making the artwork participatory and transforming the skin into a living canvas. Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2025 Volpe passed away in 2016, and her famous chicken soup recipe is inscribed right from her recipe card at the top of her headstone. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025 Khentika's tomb is a mastaba, one of the few in Egypt to have a curse inscribed on its facade. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025 Each one is fitted with a metal plate inscribed with a unique number. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2025 Copies were numbered between 1 and 192 and inscribed with the reviewer’s name. Alexander Sorondo, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 2025 Barrymore devoted some ink to her two daughters, Olive and Frankie, by getting their names inscribed on the inside of her right wrist in March 2016. Grace Gavilanes, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025 Each monument is inscribed with the names of lynching victims from a different county in the United States. Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 8 Oct. 2025 And don’t forget Hawks goalie Spencer Knight, who was part of two Panthers teams that went on to win the Cup but didn’t get his name inscribed on either. Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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  • The LeBron Logo sits at 12 o’clock and his signature is etched on the caseback.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
  • This quiz invites you to dive into the moon's geography and uncover the secrets etched into its surface.
    Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • More than one‑third of covered workers are enrolled in a plan with a deductible of $2,000 or more for an individual.
    Phil Galewitz, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In a post on Reddit, the woman explained that her son works part-time at a grocery store and is supposed to be enrolled in college full-time.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • That’s how many five-star ratings these Baleaf leggings have amassed over the two years they’ve been listed on Amazon.
    Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Holmgren is listed as questionable for Monday night’s matchup with low-back soreness, and defensive stopper Alex Caruso remains in the concussion protocol.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
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  • The recipe was so iconic, it's engraved on Nelson's headstone in Dow City Cemetery in Iowa.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The yellow-gold bezel is engraved with the F1 logo, while the caseback is marked from 1950 to 2025 to commemorate each race season.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Mike Rotunda, a WWE legend known as IRS and father of the late wrestler Bray Wyatt, has entered hospice at 67, according to his loved ones.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The Kansas City Chiefs entered Monday night’s showdown against the Washington Commanders, who were without star quarterback Jayden Daniels, riding a two-game win streak.
    Cole Sullivan, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • But for other press outlets — ones that, like Stuckmann, carved out an identity in the digital space and that regularly cover horror — more actively praised the effort.
    Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The seven pillars of society—wisdom, love, respect, bravery, honesty, humility, and truth—aren’t just words carved into sacred walls.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
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  • Last year marked the highest number of applications per job ever recorded since the ISE started tracking the data in 1991.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Much of the album — which follows their 2023 effort The Window — was written and recorded at a cabin in Wisconsin’s Driftless Area, while additional sessions took place at Steve Albini’s Electrical Audio in Chicago and Rosebud Studio in Evanston, Illinois.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
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  • Mallory's family filed a wrongful death suit against several members of the Murdaugh family in March 2019.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Merit filed for Chapter 11 in July, amid financial problems and alleging that TBN had reneged on more than $100 million of financial responsibilities.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025

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“Inscribed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscribed. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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