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engrave

[en-greyv] / ɛnˈgreɪv /


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Everyone who the company hires to engrave starts with zero experience, and part of the challenge is the process itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Before, to engrave the circuits on the silicon plates used in electronic devices like mobile phones, it was necessary to use polluting chemical products.

From Science Daily Jan. 24, 2024

Might as well engrave the nameplate on the NFL offensive rookie of the year award now.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2023

I also love the fact that they could have put it in a font, in something computer-generated, but they chose to engrave it in my handwriting.

From Scientific American Jul. 7, 2023

“A prophecy. You can add it to your books, engrave it on your floor, whatever.”

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Nolan’s “Odyssey” engraves marvelous images onto the ancient oral poem.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Employing a nano-imprinting process that engraves the pattern like a stamp, the team achieved the rapid and inexpensive production of metalenses that are 20,000 times larger than conventional ones.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

He said that many local business in the area, including his own, which engraves stone, had offered their time and resources to restore the structure.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2022

A machine engraves information on an ingot of 99.98 percent pure palladium at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia March 10, 2022.

From Reuters May 15, 2022

The firm prints, engraves, electroplates, sews, binds, publishes, and sells wholesale and retail.

From North America — Volume 1 by Anthony Trollope

Suzanne, who is "so strong but not overly sentimental", sent her an engraved miniature picture frame out of the blue years later simply thanking Louise for being there when she was needed.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

The bronze crypt plate mounted at the mausoleum had the star’s name engraved on it before she died, alongside her husband’s name and a depiction of her Tennessee home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

The hauntingly lighted displays include the engraved jaw of a sacrifice victim and footprints embedded in stucco, as if the Aztec teens had just run upstairs for a break.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

This does not mean organoids have memories like we tend to think of them -- such as recalling something from childhood -- but simply that their past is "engraved" on a cellular level, Arlotta emphasised.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Runes and patterns were engraved on the side of the horn, and there was silver about the mouthpiece.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

We see Holbein’s image of Anne multiplying through an 18th-century oil portrait; Jacob Houbraken’s 1738 engraving and a constellation of miniature copies; and Queen Victoria’s sketch of Giulia Grisi singing in Donizetti’s opera “Anna Bolena.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 22, 2026

Each ring will include a mini World Cup trophy in its design and an engraving in the band.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, and other objects.

From Science Daily Feb. 25, 2026

Coca-Cola takes that engraving process a step further with a machine that snaps a photo of the user, then embosses that picture onto the iconic red can of soda.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

OPPOSITE: Maria based this 1679 engraving of silkworm metamorphosis on sketches she made during her first silkworm study in 1660.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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