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as in to imprint
to produce a vivid impression of
a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind
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Recent Examples of engrave
In August, she was revealed as the designer of Taylor Swift’s engagement ring—an old-mine brilliant cut set in a yellow-gold band that Lubeck engraved by hand.
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Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
Take all those stars further with Coach’s Soho Sneaker, whose outsole is engraved with a map of Manhattan.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
The cartridges were engraved with phrases from internet memes and video games.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
On Friday, thousands of soccer executives, dignitaries, journalists and others will step into the Center’s Hall of Nations or Hall of States, where Trump’s and Grenell’s names are now engraved on the marble wall.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Emilia Petrarca, New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2026
Take all those stars further with Coach’s Soho Sneaker, whose outsole is engraved with a map of Manhattan.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 Dec. 2025
The cartridges were engraved with phrases from internet memes and video games.
—Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
On Friday, thousands of soccer executives, dignitaries, journalists and others will step into the Center’s Hall of Nations or Hall of States, where Trump’s and Grenell’s names are now engraved on the marble wall.
—Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engrave
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The wall was excavated more than 230 years ago, but some 300 inscriptions etched into it remained hidden until new technologies allowed researchers to identify them.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment’s etching tools are used in 5-nanometre chip production, while Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment supplies packaging lithography systems for data centre chips.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Jan. 2026
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The president seemed to be heading toward political exile, his election claims destined to be inscribed in history as treasonous lies.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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On Anderson Boulevard, a couple blocks off State Street in Geneva, sits a modest building inscribed with the name Enigma.—
Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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In the late 1700s, while visiting England, American presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson allegedly carved off pieces of a wooden chair said to belong to Shakespeare.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
11 Jan. 2026
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This approach turned him into a wildly creative and curious rhythm guitarist — turns out carving out that space between Garcia and Lesh meant pioneering chord voicings and strange vamps rarely heard in rock ‘n’ roll.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Engrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engrave. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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