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etch

[ech] / ɛtʃ /


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The company will etch members’ tie-club number on the back of the barrel along with their name or call sign and ejection date.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

And if it does end up being blocked by the courts, he still managed to etch out a win.

From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2026

These systems can etch miniscule circuits onto silicon to create microchips that power AI as well as all sorts of everyday electronics.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

Skipper John McGinn lifted the Europa League trophy after a 3-0 victory over Freiburg to etch Villa's name into the history books again.

From BBC ● May 20, 2026

Even used a wood burner to etch those words: Byrd's Potting Shed.

From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers

A weekend the Mercedes driver etches his name into the history books as the youngest driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

On the wafer’s surface, a chemical substrate called a photoresist reacts to the light, and etches the stencil pattern into the silicon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026

"If you want to etch silicon while leaving a smooth surface, you should use another reactant than fluorine. It should be a reactant that etches uniformly all crystalline planes," Barsukov said.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024

“How can a tumorous growth be considered art?” someone asks, and the answer goes beyond the dark tattoos that Caprice etches on Saul’s superfluous organs.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2022

Some time etches past, and she finally looks at me properly.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

Many of the names who dreamed up these wonders are now etched in design history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

A brick archway, leading into Harvard Yard, bearing an etched inscription:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

The herky-jerky, unceasing Children of the Hydra’s Teeth are all memorable menace, their details etched deep into the film stock by the punishing midday sun of the Mediterranean.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

The sights and smells have etched themselves on Petra Mertens's mind.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026

“I don’t know…” Aunt Melissa looks between me, Lily, and Dad, her face etched with indecision.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The event includes Woman with an Arm Tattoo, an etching depicting Sue Tilley, and runs until 13 September.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

These include antitheft devices, paint protection coatings, etching the vehicle’s identification number into the windows or other parts and accessories such as door-edge guards and floor mats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

Until now, most MXenes have been produced using chemical etching, a process that leaves a mix of surface atoms such as oxygen, fluorine, or chlorine scattered randomly across the material.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2026

The venture would also presumably need equipment for etching and deposition, which are manufacturing and packaging processes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

I found Kilvin in his office, etching runes into a hemisphere of glass for another hanging lamp.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss


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