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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
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Bromine — used in etching processes that cut circuit patterns into wafers — is another element in the spotlight.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 13 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
Actors and visionaries like Katharine Hepburn, Walt Disney, and Daniel Day-Lewis have etched their names in Oscars history.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Mar. 2026
Bromine — used in etching processes that cut circuit patterns into wafers — is another element in the spotlight.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 13 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
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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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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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See historical objects and displays that shed light on an early road network still in use today, iron products made at pre-Revolutionary War iron works, and inscribed boundary stones marking estates owned by prominent Annapolitans.—
Staff Report,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2026
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At one point, Arkapaw rushed off the engraving platform to retrieve her phone from an assistant to document the moment.—
Brittany Levine Beckman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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The most important stop is the engraving station, where the winners can get their trophies inscribed.—
Rebecca Ford,
Vanity Fair,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The owner has made scientific discovery part of the mission, carved out a dedicated stateroom for guides or researchers during the yacht’s extensive refit.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
22 Mar. 2026
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This year’s session carved out two new enormous exemptions.—
Martin Dyckman,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Instax Mini is almost identical to the Mini 12, though its plastic body is slightly less rounded and slightly more sculpted.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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But what’s most remarkable is how Uhlmann transforms these appearances into new tools for sculpting sounds and, in turn, conveying feelings.—
Grayson Haver Currin,
Pitchfork,
17 Mar. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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Its origins trace back to ancient China, where cooks discovered that coagulated soy milk could be pressed into soft, protein-rich curds and cubes.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
21 Mar. 2026
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Between March 3 and March 9, cybersecurity companies Aikido, StepSecurity and Socket traced GlassWorm activity across hundreds of repositories and extensions.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Etch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/etch. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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