Thesaurus results for INSCULPED

insculped

verb

past tense of insculp, archaic

as in etched

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface laid to rest under a stone insculpt with the figure of an angel

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Her spot at the support group, which now lights a blue candle with her name etched onto it before every meeting.

— Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026
As for the nil-nil draw between Curaçao and Ecuador, three days later, no doubt every sweating tackle will be etched into the consciousness of the seventy thousand spectators who packed into Kansas City Stadium.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

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On one wall, the researchers spied what first appeared to be patches of dirt or debris on a mural; further scrutiny showed these were actually thin scraps of plaster that were inscribed with strange markings.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
When the Library of Alexandria disappeared, the knowledge inscribed on its scrolls was lost forever.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of inscribed

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It is also engraved with that all-important serial number, which marks the moment when the dual-balance timepiece first became commercially available.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2026
Even during Hale’s time, however, most of the stones at Blake Street did not have engraved names.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Definition of engraved

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Taking care of their own Across Hill Country, the floodwaters carved different paths of destruction.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The boutique advisory firms that emerged in their wake — Evercore, Lazard, Centerview, PJT — carved out strong advisory franchises but deliberately shed their balance sheets; their pitch to clients is independence, not capital.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

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