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[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

"The inscription was very beautiful," he told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Celtic's new home shirt celebrates 60 years since the Lisbon Lions defeated Inter Milan to win the European Cup at the Estadio Nacional in Lisbon, with a commemorative badge and inscription inside the neck.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

“At the bottom of the painting is an inscription: ‘But she was kind…’ When I am no longer about, I hope someone will be able to say that about me.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

There, upon a low black hill, stood the House, its cornerstone bearing the inscription 2005 A.D.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

Despite a lack of formal education, Kusman began copying the inscriptions found during excavations carried out in eastern Turkey, Iran and Armenia, over which Urartu once stretched.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 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

Some tasks involve translating ancient Palmyrene inscriptions, while others require identifying tiny anatomical structures in birds or analyzing detailed features of Biblical Hebrew pronunciation.

From Science Daily Mar. 13, 2026

It was a Showtime magic born of a commitment found in one of the two inscriptions on the statue.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 22, 2026

At the words cool down, the akrafena’s inscriptions pulse, as if to say, I’m cool already, man!

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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