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as in etches
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 enrolls
to add (a person) to a list or roll as a participant or member
inscribed the couple in the society of sustaining donors to the museum
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as in enters
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 inscribes
The current inscribes some victims’ skin with mysterious scarlike patterns called Lichtenberg figures, which resemble the limbs of a barren tree—or the branching structure of lightning itself.
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Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inscribes
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Kirby beautifully etches these notions into Miss Black America.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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Fridley Middle enrolls students from all over the metro area and is very diverse, a fact the teachers and administrators are proud of.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Swarthmore enrolls about 1,700 undergraduate students.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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Scorsese’s endorsement of Black Forest Labs comes as Hollywood enters a new wave of AI adoption.—
Corbin Bolies,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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An exasperated Tomás enters the thicket himself to retrieve, among other items, Liam’s boot, and doesn’t emerge until the next day—not screaming, but fundamentally changed.—
Nora Biette-Timmons,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Malcolm Arnold’s 2,000-square-foot business, Apple Core Electronics, on Flushing Avenue in Bushwick makes exterior intercom panels, sets their wiring, punches buttons and engraves addresses.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The company also engraves the names of the two teams, the final score, the location of the game and its date on the trophy base.—
Paul Edward Parker,
The Providence Journal,
6 Feb. 2026
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His biography on the FHFA site lists career experience in housing and philanthropy, but none in intelligence.—
Danielle Kurtzleben,
NPR,
2 June 2026
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The University of Missouri-Kansas City Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology lists Proctor as an assistant teaching professor.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The documentary records how Spithill was pushed aside as Buckley and his wealthy co-partner, Ryan McKillen, the founding engineer and employee #3 at Uber, took over the reins in November 2023 and opted for their All-American strategy, in which there would be no place for Spithill.—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Both flagged, records one click away.—
Vinay Bhaskara,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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On the deck of the Manx Steam Packet ferry from Liverpool to the island, Jorge is smoking in the morning sunshine and watching the frothy wake as the ship carves its path.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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Unsurprisingly, Saturday Night Live gets an abundance of screen time, but Greenbaum carves out space for Key & Peele, MAD TV, and earlier practitioners like Vaughn Meader and Rich Little.—
Jason Bailey,
Vulture,
27 May 2026
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“Inscribes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscribes. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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