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engraving

[en-grey-ving] / ɛnˈgreɪ vɪŋ /


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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

More than 40,000 years ago, early humans were already engraving symbols onto tools, figurines, and other objects.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

The publishers – Cadell and Davies – paid 20 guineas for the new painting which they planned to use as an engraving in all future editions of Burns' books.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

The auction house said in its promotional material that very little was known of the painting -- only that a peer of Rubens had made an engraving of it.

From Barron's • Nov. 30, 2025

Breathing in that familiar tang of ink and damp paper, she practiced the time-consuming process of copper engraving, which could transform one design into many prints.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman




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