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engraving

[en-grey-ving] / ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /


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At one point, Arkapaw rushed off the engraving platform to retrieve her phone from an assistant to document the moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 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

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

How should skilled work in a field like engraving be supported?

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

A family of alchemists at work, an engraving by Philip Galle, after a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, published by Hieronymus Cock, c.1558.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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