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emboss

[em-baws, -bos] / ɛmˈbɔs, -ˈbɒs /


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The coin, designed by east London artist and LGBTQ+ activist Dominique Holmes, uses state-of-the-art printing technology to emboss it with the colours of the Pride progress flag.

From Reuters ● May 18, 2022

Initially a contract manufacturer of shoe parts, Tyca got into the denim game to fulfill a request from Levi’s, using the same machinery to emboss the Levi’s name into thousands of back pockets.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2021

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

These in their natures only are Fit to emboss the border.

From Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

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

The raids also affected small businesses orbiting around quinceañeras: makers of embossed invitations, sellers of tiaras and crowns, choreographers, caterers, florists and more.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026

The court heard the accompanying paperwork had been typed using a typewriter on paper embossed with an antiques dealers' logo – and even a nine-pence stamp.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

Up front, a fierce rictus of sterling-bright, illuminated vertical bars is capped with a chrome plate embossed with the word “Maybach.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

One of the most moving artifacts on display in “John le Carré: Tradecraft,” from the Weston Library here, is a silk-lined, white-hide suitcase from Harrods embossed with the initials OMC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026

His was dark leather with the logo embossed on it—much nicer than my canvas-and-polyester one.

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram

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

On the holster, in blue embossing tape, was an American name and a Colorado address.

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 body and cover were originally quite plain, the embossing and chasing with symmetrical rococo decoration being added later, probably about 1740.

From All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers


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