Thesaurus results for INKED

inked

verb

past tense of ink

as in signed

to write one's name on (as a document) the basketball star just inked a two-year contract with the most celebrated franchise in the NBA

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Recent Examples of inked The company has already seen $450 million in trades and inked a partnership deal with the New York Mets. — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026 Earlier this week, the company also inked a JV with Korea’s LS Electric. — Jeff Marks,zev Fima,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Producer Manny Halley has inked an agreement with Quixote to take over its 125,000-square-foot Montague Street location in Pacoima, about an hour-ish drive north from downtown Los Angeles. — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026 Daylight and the podcaster originally inked their distribution and monetization deal in 2025. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 Several other brands have activated during high-stakes competitions and inked their own collaborations that tap into the convergence of beauty and sports this year. — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026 Additionally the ex-royals’ Archewell Audio inked a multiyear deal with Spotify to produce podcasts and shows for the platform in a deal that was reportedly worth $20 million. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026 If there are holy grails of tattooing, getting inked by Whang-od is certainly one of them. — Marisol Delarosa, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Aug. 2026 Andy Burnham got the famous Manchester worker bee logo inked on his arm while mayor of the city and this shirt has that very same motif scattered all over it. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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signed

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Anthropic, the company behind Claude, has signed the bloc's Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content, one of around 190 signatories, and now plans to watermark Claude's output across its ecosystem.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026
Brendan Beck was demoted to Triple-A on Monday to make room for Topa, who recently signed a minor league contract with the Yankees.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

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