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engrave

[en-greyv] / ɛnˈgreɪv /


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Everyone who the company hires to engrave starts with zero experience, and part of the challenge is the process itself.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

Before, to engrave the circuits on the silicon plates used in electronic devices like mobile phones, it was necessary to use polluting chemical products.

From Science Daily Jan. 24, 2024

Might as well engrave the nameplate on the NFL offensive rookie of the year award now.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2023

A love lock is a padlock couples can engrave with their names before adding to a bridge, fence or installation at a special destination.

From Seattle Times Oct. 16, 2023

After forging the blade, she had spent another three months using Transformation to engrave the weapon, imbuing it with its magical properties.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Employing a nano-imprinting process that engraves the pattern like a stamp, the team achieved the rapid and inexpensive production of metalenses that are 20,000 times larger than conventional ones.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2024

He said that many local business in the area, including his own, which engraves stone, had offered their time and resources to restore the structure.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2022

A machine engraves information on an ingot of 99.98 percent pure palladium at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia March 10, 2022.

From Reuters May 15, 2022

And it is the distance between this country and the ideals it engraves upon marble edifices.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2021

What a man is engraves itself upon him in letters of light.

From Memories and Studies by Henry James

This does not mean organoids have memories like we tend to think of them -- such as recalling something from childhood -- but simply that their past is "engraved" on a cellular level, Arlotta emphasised.

From Barron's Aug. 19, 2026

Archaeologists working at several sites in southern Africa have uncovered hundreds of unusual pieces of engraved ostrich eggshell.

From Science Daily Aug. 9, 2026

The trophy is engraved with a personal tribute - "Inspired by the Fifa president Gianni Infantino".

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Elsewhere are splendid cabinets with mother-of-pearl inlay, gorgeous enamel accessories, plush velvet textiles and engraved iron swords.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 11, 2026

Since I can’t afford to buy Dad that engraved picture frame until Mrs. Gilbert can afford to pay me, I decide to give him a handmade IOU.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

At the head of the coffin was an engraving of a cross that she wore, which was designed by jeweller Spencer Morgan.

From BBC Aug. 17, 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

Coca-Cola takes that engraving process a step further with a machine that snaps a photo of the user, then embosses that picture onto the iconic red can of soda.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

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

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

The man’s name—John Singer—was engraved in the center, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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