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The machines use focused beams of ultraviolet light to etch on wafers of silicon billions of transistors roughly the width of a strand of DNA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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

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

They had seen some birchbark writing, and they knew that Nokomis could etch pictures into bark, too.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

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

He excitedly explains how he etches the tags with a metal machine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2024

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

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

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

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

The organisers of Sydney Marathon have laughed off a mistake which saw a German stadium etched on to medals for participants, saying "we're not going to run from it".

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 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

A skeleton key etched with the initials C.B.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026

These include antitheft devices, paint protection coatings, etching the vehicle’s identification number into the windows or other parts and accessories such as door-edge guards and floor mats.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 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

The venture would also presumably need equipment for etching and deposition, which are manufacturing and packaging processes.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 23, 2026

Of course, I couldn’t take it back because of the etching, but whatever.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson