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etch

[ech] / ɛtʃ /


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It took Knight less than a year to etch her name into the history books, having seamlessly filled the void left by Edwards both as a captain and the team's most reliable batter.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

As chip makers look to add manufacturing capacity to meet steep demand, deposition and etch technology are driving Ichor’s growth, Shi said.

From MarketWatch May 9, 2026

Still other presidents seem to treat foreign policy as a legacy play, a chance to etch their names for the ages to a degree that domestic politics just can’t match.

From Slate Mar. 10, 2026

The tech giant has pumped jobs, people and money into the community of roughly 8,000, doubling many home prices and enticing builders to etch new neighborhoods into surrounding hillsides.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

But he could feel the question-new of it inside his head, almost as if the dragon were using its ferocious little claws to etch a question mark into his brain.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville

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

He excitedly explains how he etches the tags with a metal machine.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2024

As the gas etches away at the silicon unevenly, pits are created on the surface of the silicon.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

A frown etches at the corners of his mouth.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

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

We are presented, for instance, with some of the many graffiti that were etched into the walls of backrooms and stairwells where enslaved people made their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

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

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

For starters, “Victory” is his daughter’s name, but both phrases are also a direct nod to the late Nipsey Hussle, who had the same words etched on his face.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

The answer stood out for me sharper and chillier than it ever had before that night: the shape of a Cross etched on the history of the world.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

The team used an acid etching technique that requires only very small amounts of material to recover molecular information from six Homo erectus teeth while leaving the shape of the fossils intact.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

On the picture’s lower left lie three tools of the engraver’s trade: two burins, for making large designs, and an etching needle for smaller ones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Mar. 23, 2026

All he needs is a toothpick in the corner of his mouth to be an ad for rural democracy, as in an etching.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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