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engraving

[en-grey-ving] / ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /


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At one point, Arkapaw rushed off the engraving platform to retrieve her phone from an assistant to document the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

When he had finished all the engraving on hand he would dawdle around the front of the store with the watchmaker and the salesgirl or wander out to some soda fountain to drink a Coca-Cola.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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