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inscription

[in-skrip-shuhn] / ɪnˈskrɪp ʃən /


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This Vanguart timepiece, commissioned by OpenAI founder Sam Altman, has several geeky flourishes, including an inscription written in Python programming language.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Veteran Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa posted a photo wearing a cowboy hat bearing the “¿Y si sí?” inscription.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

The book, donated as part of a wider collection of 1970s memorabilia, sat in the shop for several months before its inscription was discovered by manager Joan Randle.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

Below that, an inscription will read: “Symbols of local worship places I took my young children to. Thanking America’s freedom of religion. And hoping for a conciliation between Islam, Christianity and other religions.”

From Salon Jun. 1, 2026

I opened it to the first page and read the inscription Ben had made more than three years ago.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

"The available inscriptions allow us to understand it up to a certain point, but we lack vocabulary and texts," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

The MLB issued the players who added inscriptions to their caps a warning Monday for violating the league’s uniform policy.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 17, 2026

The craftsman is getting ready to add the finishing touches, inscriptions or designs, to his work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Once-common literary references to Shakespeare or Dickens have now become as obscure in the common culture as so many Mayan inscriptions.

From Salon Apr. 19, 2026

Several tug at the stitching upon their shirts—Liberty to Slaves—which they believed talismanic, as the inscriptions of the African mallams are said to protect against all injury.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson




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