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etching

[ech-ing] / ˈɛtʃ ɪŋ /


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Coast and Geodetic Survey—represented here by topographical views of the Santa Barbara Channel Islands in California—Whistler learned the art of etching, which would prove essential to his creative process.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

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

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

There is a scrimshaw knife with an etching of a great white and a message in a bottle in its stomach on it.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

He did etchings, lithographs, even stained glass windows - equally at home working with the grandeur of opera design and the intimacy of pen and ink.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

The etchings were all created using Blake's own "illuminated printing" technique.

From Barron's ● Nov. 18, 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

The Wall Street Journal published an editor’s note walking back its reporting, noting that Cox’s description of the etchings included no references to the transgender community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025

I look up at the walls and ceiling, covered with elaborate designs and colorful etchings.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar




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