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engrave

[en-grayv] / ɛnˈgreɪv /


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It took three years of training before he was allowed to engrave small pieces for customers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2025

Before, to engrave the circuits on the silicon plates used in electronic devices like mobile phones, it was necessary to use polluting chemical products.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 24, 2024

Might as well engrave the nameplate on the NFL offensive rookie of the year award now.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

A love lock is a padlock couples can engrave with their names before adding to a bridge, fence or installation at a special destination.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 16, 2023

After forging the blade, she had spent another three months using Transformation to engrave the weapon, imbuing it with its magical properties.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Employing a nano-imprinting process that engraves the pattern like a stamp, the team achieved the rapid and inexpensive production of metalenses that are 20,000 times larger than conventional ones.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024

He said that many local business in the area, including his own, which engraves stone, had offered their time and resources to restore the structure.

From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022

A machine engraves information on an ingot of 99.98 percent pure palladium at the Krastsvetmet non-ferrous metals plant in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia March 10, 2022.

From Reuters ● May 15, 2022

And it is the distance between this country and the ideals it engraves upon marble edifices.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2021

But sometimes, on the contrary, he hates the picture, and engraves it as a professional duty.

From The Intellectual Life by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

One showed the Virgin Mary and was engraved with words from a traditional Catholic prayer in Polish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Once a winner accepts their prize on TV, they are taken across the street to get their awards engraved, take photos and chat with reporters.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

Suzanne, who is "so strong but not overly sentimental", sent her an engraved miniature picture frame out of the blue years later simply thanking Louise for being there when she was needed.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The book comes with engraved wooden medallions sourced from poplar trees at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s estate, that are illustrated by contemporary artists with thematic imagery.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

The engraved wood pressed back, like a cat nuzzling her hand.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

"There is not only a process of repeating signs: there is real visuo-spatial planning, as if the authors already had an overall image of the figure in mind before engraving it."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026

Each ring will include a mini World Cup trophy in its design and an engraving in the band.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

“Compromise - if the Carolina Hurricanes owner wants to do this how about just engraving ‘The Dundon Family’ instead of each name?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

When I think of people piling into funds with hot recent returns, I can’t help seeing this early engraving in my mind’s eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026

He would buy the engraving of St. Clement’s Dane, take it out of its frame, and carry it home concealed under the jacket of his overalls.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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