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The inscription on the tablet, which dates back to the second century AD, detailed the death of a Roman sailor who served in the Imperial Navy, said Lusnia.
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Notes found at the scene and inscriptions on some of his bullets are the only evidence Jahn intended to target ICE agents.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
Before ammunition was personalized with messages, gun magazines and weapons themselves were often embellished with inscriptions.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
But Young says the smaller inscriptions on bullets could be harder to make sense of.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Notes found at the scene and inscriptions on some of his bullets are the only evidence Jahn intended to target ICE agents.
—Samantha Riedel, Them., 8 Oct. 2025
Before ammunition was personalized with messages, gun magazines and weapons themselves were often embellished with inscriptions.
—Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2025
But Young says the smaller inscriptions on bullets could be harder to make sense of.
—Connor Greene, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inscription
epitaph
Noun
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Even the White House Historical Association, with a caution that has become typical of this dark time, confines itself to stating that it has been allowed to make a digital record of what’s being destroyed—as though that were a defense, rather than an epitaph.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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This famous epitaph is not real, but commonly repeated.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Inscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscription. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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