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etching

[ech-ing] / ˈɛtʃ ɪŋ /


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Read: There have been updates over time, but the original glass etching featuring a mythical unicorn remains on a window in the study.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The event includes Woman with an Arm Tattoo, an etching depicting Sue Tilley, and runs until 13 September.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Over the past three years Robinson has gotten a jaw-line treatment, abdominal etching, a hair transplant and more.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Until now, most MXenes have been produced using chemical etching, a process that leaves a mix of surface atoms such as oxygen, fluorine, or chlorine scattered randomly across the material.

From Science Daily Apr. 4, 2026

She is etching spider legs into the icy bone.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

The etchings were all created using Blake's own "illuminated printing" technique.

From Barron's Nov. 18, 2025

There’s a stunning group of watercolors, seemingly breathed onto the paper, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, fragile etchings by Whistler and dazzling, light-struck waterside scenes by Sargent.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 11, 2025

The Wall Street Journal published an editor’s note walking back its reporting, noting that Cox’s description of the etchings included no references to the transgender community.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2025

Paint and etchings, including two names - Shal and Noah - were left scrawled on the walls and floor of Robin’s Hood Cave on Stanage Edge, near Hope Valley.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

At first the curios and etchings had blended in with the scholarly clutter of the office.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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