engraving

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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

Erbium and neodymium are also important in making lasers for industrial engraving and cutting.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 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

And there, on a hook, was an old brass clapper, dull and green, with an engraving of a sunrise over a desert half-hidden beneath the crust of verdigris.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee