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Without such records, the Rapanui have imprinted their people’s memory in activities and traditions passed from generation to generation.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2022

Those conversations seemed to have imprinted on Graves a certain caginess in how to talk about environmental change.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2019

It meant Alli was nowhere near as influential as he was in Dortmund on Wednesday, where his efforts will have imprinted his importance for both the present and the future in Southgate's mind.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2017

But this Oscar season may be most distinct for the number of loyal friendships that have imprinted on the nominated works.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017

The revolutions of France have imprinted themselves upon Paris in ineffaceable characters.

From Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business by Bartlett, David W.