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emboss

[em-baws, -bos] / ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs /


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The coin, designed by east London artist and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes, uses state-of-the-art printing technology to emboss it with the colours of the Pride progress flag.

From Reuters ● May 18, 2022

They might as well emboss Bette Midler’s statue now.

From The Guardian ● May 2, 2017

In the real world, opportunities for selling and recruiting dry up very quickly, no matter how many inspirational seminars you attend and business cards you emboss.

From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2016

Beneath the obvious mowing patterns, I can make out the faint paths where the grounds crew cuts it foul pole to foul pole, so as not to emboss the outfield with game-changing ridges.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2015

He would do his best to inscribe a circle and then emboss it with perfectly upright hair, as though the person in question had just been perusing the most stirring of penny-dreadfuls.

From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)

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

In his workshop, Demnig embosses the name and date of birth and circumstances of death by hand.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

Noel fixed up the living room with a desk where she keeps her paint and other materials; she embosses and paints aluminum from old beer cans, making sacred hearts, roses and other pop art.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2020

A record-holding winner of six Tony Awards, for both plays and musicals, Ms. McDonald embosses any production in which she appears with a good-value guarantee.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2015

Scores of cracked, fragile, leather-bound volumes filled with hand-written records, and each embossed with a village name, now line shelves at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

There’s the front door intercom panel, a pair of embossed leather club chairs and, fatefully, Mr Big’s Peloton water bottle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Come party with us tonight,” the women said, handing out embossed invitations to passing lawyers.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026

Officials at Sèvres - France's state-owned porcelain factory - also identified some of their items on online auction sites, including a plate embossed with an air force stamp and ashtrays.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

It looked just as it had in Anorak's Invitation: a simple antique copper key, its oval-shaped bow embossed with the roman numeral “I.”

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Their embossing reads: “Marty Supreme — Made in America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

They were also more interesting to look at than regular cash, often containing beautiful engraving or gold embossing.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2024

She used a label maker to punch her name and address onto blue embossing tape, and stuck it to the bottom of the leather camera case, just in case she lost it.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 17, 2023

There’s also a creamy French Country line with sweet embossing on the edges.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

Dies for embossing designs on leather, catalogue covers, cardboard articles, cards, and soft materials are usually modelled in brass.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various




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