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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

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

They might as well emboss Bette Midler’s statue now.

From The Guardian May 2, 2017

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

Steel dies for flower-shapes have a cutting edge, so that they can stamp out and emboss in one action.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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 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

Their home shirt pays homage to the '70s and features an embossed print inspired by daisies.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

“Come party with us tonight,” the women said, handing out embossed invitations to passing lawyers.

From Slate Jan. 13, 2026

Six feet tall, richly embossed, enhanced with jewels, crowned with a gilded cross and bearing a dozen gilded angels, it was commissioned by the Spanish king Philip IV, who died before delivery.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 12, 2025

In the center of the plate there was a comically large red button embossed with a single word: OFF.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Their embossing reads: “Marty Supreme — Made in America.”

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2025

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

From Seattle Times Dec. 17, 2023

They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2023

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

From Washington Times Jun. 19, 2023

The dies to be used for plain embossing are generally cut deeper than those intended to be used with colours.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various




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