- present participle of etch.
etching
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The declines followed losses by major US semiconductor stocks, after a report said a company was making specialised ultraviolet etching machines to boost China's chip industry.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
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
Dark circles under her eyes, sharp lines etching her cheekbones.
From "Without Refuge" by Jane Mitchell
If he grew tired of drawing, Hockney would take photographs, do etchings or design operas.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
The etchings were all created using Blake's own "illuminated printing" technique.
From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 2025
The social and political turmoil of today resonates in a mammoth, extraordinary show of Francisco de Goya’s celebrated etchings at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
There’s a stunning group of watercolors, seemingly breathed onto the paper, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, fragile etchings by Whistler and dazzling, light-struck waterside scenes by Sargent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2025
Nehemia had been the one to tell her that the etchings in the garden were Wyrdmarks.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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