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engraving

[en-grey-ving] / ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /


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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

Later historians described this engraving and, despite having never seen the painting, catalogued its existence.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

She passed the clapper to Reed, who traced the engraving of the rising sun with his fingernail.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee




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