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[ech] / ɛtʃ /


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These systems can etch miniscule circuits onto silicon to create microchips that power AI as well as all sorts of everyday electronics.

From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026

And even if they are not successful in lifting the World Cup, they can etch their name in history by scoring the most goals in the competition.

From BBC ● Jun. 21, 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

Still other presidents seem to treat foreign policy as a legacy play, a chance to etch their names for the ages to a degree that domestic politics just can’t match.

From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2026

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

At her packing house, durians are passed under a laser that etches a serial number onto the skin of each fruit.

From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024

It is called Murakami's reagent, which etches away carbon residue and changes the colour of steel in knife making, for example.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024

Some time etches past, and she finally looks at me properly.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

We visit the places where the dead rest, bringing flowers and standing before the names etched in stone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Many of the names who dreamed up these wonders are now etched in design history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

Farther downstream, the devastation was etched into the shattered landscape of Devighat.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

His eyes had wandered, yet again, to his father’s name etched into the wall before them.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

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

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

Like an etching in the air that slowly filled with beauty, Sarai was gathered out of nothingness and bound back into being.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor


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