wa·ter·mark
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌmärk 
ˈwä-
1
: a mark indicating the height to which water has risen
2
: a marking in paper resulting from differences in thickness usually produced by pressure of a projecting design in the mold or on a processing roll and visible when the paper is held up to the light
also
: the design of or the metal pattern producing the marking
watermarked; watermarking; watermarks
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Jodie Cook, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This may well be the high watermark for enrollment in these health plans.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
SamMobile mentions asking Bixby to give a step-by-step guide on how to watermark an image captured with a Samsung phone, with the AI bot explaining how the camera feature works.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Remove TikTok watermarks and adapt content for YouTube Shorts first.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This may well be the high watermark for enrollment in these health plans.
—Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
Google and the other major AI labs can probably be trusted to digitally watermark their files as AI-generated, but the last year has shown us that more or less any incredible AI achievement is quickly replicated by dozens of other organizations, some of whom can probably not be trusted.
—New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2025
SamMobile mentions asking Bixby to give a step-by-step guide on how to watermark an image captured with a Samsung phone, with the AI bot explaining how the camera feature works.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Watermark.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/watermark. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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watermark
1 of 2 noun
wa·ter·mark
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌmärk
ˈwät-
1
: a mark that shows the height to which water has risen
2
: a mark (as the maker's name or trademark) made in paper during manufacture and visible when the paper is held up to the light
watermark
2 of 2 verb
: to mark with a watermark
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