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emboss

[em-baws, -bos] / ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs /


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There is no crack of dormant glue as you first break the spine, nor is there the running of fingers over the raise of emboss.

From Los Angeles Times May 17, 2023

It happens on the third day, after our bookbinding class, having spent the morning deep in concentration learning how to Coptic-stitch and emboss our own leather journal.

From The Guardian Apr. 28, 2019

In the real world, opportunities for selling and recruiting dry up very quickly, no matter how many inspirational seminars you attend and business cards you emboss.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2016

"I’ve had people calling from as far away as from England looking for the book early," said Madrie, who will emboss copies of the book so folks will know it was bought in Lee’s hometown.

From Reuters Jul. 14, 2015

So "Blotches and blains must all his flesh emboss," and perhaps                "I see his tents       Pitched about Sechem"     might be added.

From Among My Books Second Series by James Russell Lowell

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

In his workshop, Demnig embosses the name and date of birth and circumstances of death by hand.

From Reuters May 5, 2023

Noel fixed up the living room with a desk where she keeps her paint and other materials; she embosses and paints aluminum from old beer cans, making sacred hearts, roses and other pop art.

From Washington Post Apr. 11, 2020

A record-holding winner of six Tony Awards, for both plays and musicals, Ms. McDonald embosses any production in which she appears with a good-value guarantee.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2015

Wrexham's new home shirt pays tribute to their stadium, the Racecourse Ground, with a pattern reflecting the old Kop's barriers embossed into the weave of the fabric.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

Scores of cracked, fragile, leather-bound volumes filled with hand-written records, and each embossed with a village name, now line shelves at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan.

From BBC Jul. 6, 2026

Outside a suite of executive branch offices I spotted a dark-suited bald man carrying a file with the White House seal embossed on it.

From Slate Jun. 5, 2026

She holds up a sepia photograph in a silver embossed frame: the clairvoyant Isabel Barros Moreira, her mother’s mother, her face placid, with dark hair and dark eyes.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 29, 2026

The number 85 jersey around his expansive chest nicely matched his earring with the numeral 85 embossed in gold.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger

The presentation is effective in clarifying light’s importance as a religious metaphor in the gold embossing, as well as being an actual material in the chapel where the altar was placed.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 22, 2024

They were also more interesting to look at than regular cash, often containing beautiful engraving or gold embossing.

From Salon Oct. 16, 2024

She used a label maker to punch her name and address onto blue embossing tape, and stuck it to the bottom of the leather camera case, just in case she lost it.

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2023

There’s also a creamy French Country line with sweet embossing on the edges.

From Washington Times Jun. 19, 2023

The art of carving in low relief, embossing, etc.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster




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