inscriptions
Example Sentences
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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
Paintings of the course hang on the walls, as do photographs of famous people with heartfelt inscriptions.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
Golden inscriptions read "One Nation Under God" and "Liberty and Justice for All" on opposite sides.
From Barron's • Apr. 11, 2026
He believes that this number accounts for roughly 3,000 individuals, because in many cases it was only the paterfamilias who was recorded in inscriptions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
He wonders how many times he has written his old name, at the tops of how many tests and quizzes, how many homework assignments, how many yearbook inscriptions to friends.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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