engraving
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When I think of people piling into funds with hot recent returns, I can’t help seeing this early engraving in my mind’s eye.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 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
Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.
From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025
“A badger,” murmured Voldemort, examining the engraving upon the cup.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing engraving
The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Introductory
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Art History
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The Renaissance and Early Modern European History - Middle School and High School
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