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Recent Examples of inscription
Some of the inscriptions appeared to be in Cyrillic.
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
About the size and shape of an AA battery, these cylinder seals were carved with imagery and, later, minute inscriptions that said something about their owner, like an ancient social media avatar.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
The team, which also includes Gregor Staab, a University of Cologne classical philologist, looked to other ancient inscriptions as well.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Researchers even said that the rare inscription communicated her authority.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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Chad De Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
About the size and shape of an AA battery, these cylinder seals were carved with imagery and, later, minute inscriptions that said something about their owner, like an ancient social media avatar.
—Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2025
The team, which also includes Gregor Staab, a University of Cologne classical philologist, looked to other ancient inscriptions as well.
—Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Researchers even said that the rare inscription communicated her authority.
—Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inscription
epitaph
Noun
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The show goes ahead without her, a close up of the microphone occupying her empty chair, is perhaps her most damning epitaph.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
8 Sep. 2025
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The epitaph for the version of the North Rim Lodge that stood from 1936 to 2025 might well be that humanity will never master the awesome nature that lies outside the picture windows.—
Tom Zoellner,
AZCentral.com,
25 July 2025
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“Inscription.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscription. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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