as in to decorate
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship
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Recent Examples of emboss
It’s made with a gorgeous canvas material that’s embossed with black trim and silver tone hardware.
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Nicol Natale, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Each table setting featured a gold china plate embossed with a photo of the White House, flanked by gold cutlery and a microphone.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The heated front seats have leather trim, perforated houndstooth upholstery, blue contrast stitching and Prelude logos embossed on their headrests.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
While the original design drawings were recovered, the technique for embossing the textile with flowers had been lost.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Nicol Natale, People.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Each table setting featured a gold china plate embossed with a photo of the White House, flanked by gold cutlery and a microphone.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The heated front seats have leather trim, perforated houndstooth upholstery, blue contrast stitching and Prelude logos embossed on their headrests.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
While the original design drawings were recovered, the technique for embossing the textile with flowers had been lost.
—Isabelle Kliger, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emboss
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame takes up the sidewalk outside Kimmel's venue, with names as diverse as Roy Disney, Eva Longoria, Kelly Ripa, Paul Rudd and Chris Pratt decorating the pavement.—
Sarah Whitten,Gabriel Cortés,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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The home theater rooms featured here—from the chic sanctuary in Ralph Lauren’s Colorado residence to an upstairs film retreat in the US Virgin Islands—are decorated just as thoughtfully as any other room in the house.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
23 Sep. 2025
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From the cool, dank blue-gray tones of Maria’s basement to the clever signage that adorns the schoolroom walls, the production mechanics work to pull viewers further into this high stakes character study.—
Holly Jones,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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Thug has managed to find a way to push the envelope all these years later with Uy Scuti, adorning a Druski-esque whiteface that reads as a somewhat subversive take on the current moment’s politics.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Emboss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emboss. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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