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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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Kirby beautifully etches these notions into Miss Black America.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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Hudson Middle, opened in 2023, now enrolls about 700 students, while Shawnee's enrollment has jumped to nearly 1,000 students.—
Krista Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Anyone who joins as an Executive Member at $130 a year and enrolls in auto renewal earns a $40 Costco shop card.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025
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Owners also must have measures in place to ensure that cannabis is not stolen or diverted, including programs to track each piece of cannabis that enters and leaves their store, as well as more traditional security systems, such as video-surveillance systems and a silent alarm.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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Formula One has announced new sprint race venues for the 2026 season, the same year the sport enters a new era of regulations.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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The Bulls’ depth chart for the Miami game lists 36 players that are either a senior or a graduate.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Currently, the app (and web interface) lists upcoming shipments at the top of the inbox.—
Ryan Whitwam,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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Although Last Rites, in franchise fashion, ramps up the intensity, tweaks things, and carves its own intense, creative narrative niche.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here, miles away from the nearest public road, a small canyon carves into curving limestone.—
Eva Frederick,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
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The text records royal decrees including tax relief during poor Nile floods; donations to temples; the creation of a new priestly office; a festival tied to the heliacal rising of Sirius; and a calendar reform introducing a leap day every four years.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of the colonial period, portrait photography records yet another cultural shift.—
H.M.A. Leow,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Inscribes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inscribes. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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