Example Sentences

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That has happened in the past, when health authorities were overly confident that they had stamped out polio.

From Scientific American • Aug. 21, 2023

He had stamped his name into the history of Madison Square Garden, the building he dreamed of playing inside growing up in Harlem.

From Washington Post • Mar. 23, 2023

US cars have had stamped metal license plates for around 125 years.

From NewsForKids.net • Oct. 21, 2022

Rinne had stamped himself as one of the front-runners for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs by going 12-4-0 as eighth-seeded Nashville swept through the Western Conference.

From Reuters • Jun. 3, 2017

In fact, that afternoon she was waiting for me outside the gates of Camillo Junior High, standing beside a ridge of crusted snow that she had stamped down flat.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt