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emboss

[em-baws, -bos] / ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs /


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There is no crack of dormant glue as you first break the spine, nor is there the running of fingers over the raise of emboss.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023

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

It happens on the third day, after our bookbinding class, having spent the morning deep in concentration learning how to Coptic-stitch and emboss our own leather journal.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 28, 2019

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

When he was preparing his magnificent vase for the Exhibition, he was advised to emboss it with the royal arms of England.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

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

Nearby we see the embossed mesh screen that was used to make the image with the help of Ms. Gosin and Paul Wong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Outside a suite of executive branch offices I spotted a dark-suited bald man carrying a file with the White House seal embossed on it.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026

Their home shirt pays homage to the '70s and features an embossed print inspired by daisies.

From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2026

There were golden cards embossed on the cover, as well as the title Practical Manual of Card Magic and Illusions.

From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025

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

They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

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

From Washington Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

It was to prepare him for this journey that for more than a year Bessie had been at every spare moment "embossing French words for L.," as the diary informs us, or dictating a vocabulary.

From Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind by Frances Martin


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