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Most of the money came from families that donated $250 for each stone paver they wanted to have inscribed with a veteran’s name.

From Washington Post • Jul. 26, 2022

On the walls of the elevator shaft, crews have inscribed their names and painted replicas of their mission patches.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2017

"Those symbols, to many individuals within our community ... can have a very scary connotation and we don't want our community members being afraid of police based on something they have inscribed on them."

From US News • Sep. 1, 2016

The city’s repair crews have inscribed each patch with a date, so Hecht can keep track of when each tunnel was finally sealed.

From BusinessWeek • Aug. 2, 2012

“Let no man incapable of mathematics enter here,” Plato is reported to have inscribed over his Academy door.

From The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education by Palmer, Alice Freeman