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
Boise State’s and UNLV’s logos are embossed in silver with the final 21-7 score underneath.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2025
The Staud Wade dress in Linus stripe, the Birkenstock + Staud Arizona woven embossed sandal in ecru, the Staud large Maude Carryall in nautral rouge and the Vogue VO5606S sunglasses.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Located in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the walk of fame immortalizes Off Broadway’s great playwrights by embossing their names into the sidewalk pavement.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Venera probes, like all of the Soviet spacecraft sent to the moon and the planets, carried along with them small memorial coins, medals and titanium pennants—embossed with the hammer and sickle, the likeness of Lenin, the Earth, and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 28 May 2025
The Staud Wade dress in Linus stripe, the Birkenstock + Staud Arizona woven embossed sandal in ecru, the Staud large Maude Carryall in nautral rouge and the Vogue VO5606S sunglasses.
—Emily Mercer, Footwear News, 24 May 2025
Located in front of the Lucille Lortel Theatre, the walk of fame immortalizes Off Broadway’s great playwrights by embossing their names into the sidewalk pavement.
—Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Venera probes, like all of the Soviet spacecraft sent to the moon and the planets, carried along with them small memorial coins, medals and titanium pennants—embossed with the hammer and sickle, the likeness of Lenin, the Earth, and more.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
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The 10-screen theater at the Village at San Antonio Center is decorated with robot toys, a wall of movie posters featuring robots and even has Dumbots, an upstairs lounge with a name inspired by some of the less-intelligent bots in movie history.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
21 June 2025
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The nymphs look like large black ticks decorated with white spots.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
18 June 2025
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The living quarters center around a cloister courtyard that is lined with dramatic arched colonnades and adorned with a stone wishing well.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
20 June 2025
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The hats’ modern shape take inspiration from the traditional Panama hat, updated and adorned with wide ribbons — a signature of the Sant Angelo brand.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
20 June 2025
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“Emboss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emboss. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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