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etch

[ech] / ɛtʃ /


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And if it does end up being blocked by the courts, he still managed to etch out a win.

From Slate Sep. 3, 2026

As chip makers look to add manufacturing capacity to meet steep demand, deposition and etch technology are driving Ichor’s growth, Shi said.

From MarketWatch May 9, 2026

It means if any of the three clubs were to climb out of the relegation zone and preserve their top-flight status, they would etch their names into the record books.

From BBC Feb. 2, 2026

The tech giant has pumped jobs, people and money into the community of roughly 8,000, doubling many home prices and enticing builders to etch new neighborhoods into surrounding hillsides.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

Fracture lines etch the surface of the glass box as if a body fell from the sky and landed on it.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson

A weekend the Mercedes driver etches his name into the history books as the youngest driver to win the Monaco Grand Prix.

From BBC Jun. 7, 2026

On the wafer’s surface, a chemical substrate called a photoresist reacts to the light, and etches the stencil pattern into the silicon.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 27, 2026

"If you want to etch silicon while leaving a smooth surface, you should use another reactant than fluorine. It should be a reactant that etches uniformly all crystalline planes," Barsukov said.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

Bajani etches an impressionistic portrait of a young man — like the foreign city outside his window — trapped in a shadow land between past and present.

From New York Times Mar. 23, 2021

A frown etches at the corners of his mouth.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The herky-jerky, unceasing Children of the Hydra’s Teeth are all memorable menace, their details etched deep into the film stock by the punishing midday sun of the Mediterranean.

From Salon Sep. 4, 2026

We are presented, for instance, with some of the many graffiti that were etched into the walls of backrooms and stairwells where enslaved people made their lives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

The sights and smells have etched themselves on Petra Mertens's mind.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

The project was renamed “Prolific,” taking its name from the word Hussle famously had etched on his right temple — the very spot where Rideaux now wears “Victory.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

She inspected the diamond etched into its handle.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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 declines followed losses by major US semiconductor stocks, after a report said a company was making specialised ultraviolet etching machines to boost China's chip industry.

From Barron's Jul. 28, 2026

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

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

Chip makers use it to maintain stable temperatures while etching silicon wafers into advanced semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 31, 2026

Then my fingers felt something that my eyes missed: a maze of grooves etching the surface of the bars.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss




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