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as in to imprint
to produce a vivid impression of
in just a few pages the writer etched an unforgettable portrait of one of the more remarkable First Ladies
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Recent Examples of etch
Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Helium is used during the etching process, when material that's been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
No one has to paint with oils, or etch metal or stone, or sculpt from marble to get an image or a statue.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
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Verb
The spring of 2016 is forever etched in Acierno’s mind.
—Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Helium is used during the etching process, when material that's been deposited on a wafer is scraped away to form transistor structures, said Jacob Feldgoise, an analyst at Georgetown University's Center for Security and Emerging Technology.
—ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
Its range of offerings includes deposition, etch, cleaning, inspection, ion implantation, and advanced packaging.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
No one has to paint with oils, or etch metal or stone, or sculpt from marble to get an image or a statue.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for etch
Verb
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Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.—
Claire Wang,
Oc Register,
18 Mar. 2026
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Looking ecstatic and dazed, Arkapaw, who’s also the first Black director of photography to win an Oscar, ascended the platform to get her statue engraved beside her young son.—
Brittany Levine Beckman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The etchings had been in the family for roughly a century.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
27 Feb. 2026
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The first-floor bedroom is now a cozy den with dark navy blue walls, dog etchings by French artist Leon D’anchin and the Hermès dog plates, and an attached bathroom is decorated with Scalamandré’s famous prancing zebra pattern wallpaper.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2026
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Envelopes inscribed with cursive text, luggage cart run-ups at London’s King’s Cross Station and sweeping landscape shots glimpsed through a train window are also likely to get the hearts of diehard fans pounding.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
26 Mar. 2026
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Scattered around the garden are various architectural fragments and inscribed stones of great antiquity.—
Ben Lerner,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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Among the documents included in the tour are an 1823 engraving of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Association, and a rare draft of the Constitution.—
Leondra Head,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2026
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Which of the current President’s utterances will be suitable for engraving?—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In 1775, under the Spanish Crown, Anza led an expedition that carved a route from Sonora, Mexico, to what would eventually become San Francisco.—
Molly McCrea,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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Her Blossom Marble Bowl—carved from a single block of honeycomb or travertine marble in Rajasthan—is unfurled, like a flower caught in late bloom.—
Kathryn O’Shea-Evans,
Robb Report,
29 Mar. 2026
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As a recipient of the prize, Maher will receive a copy of an 1884 bronze portrait bust of Mark Twain sculpted by Karl Gerhardt (1853-1940).—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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There was SimEarth in 1990, in which the player tunes a planet’s atmospheric conditions, sculpts its landmasses, plunks down life-forms.—
Eric Boodman,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Better yet, the superstar—who recently graved our TV screens on The White Lotus—worked with stylist Brett Alan Nelson to deliver custom outfits for the set.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
19 Apr. 2025
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Detectives traced it to a house in South Lake Tahoe.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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The source of the strong odor was traced to a circuit board that overheated, and it was replaced, Duffy said.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Etch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etch. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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