engraved

past tense of engrave
1
as in etched
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface engraved the birth and death dates on the tombstone

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as in imprinted
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 engraved At the end of the ceremony, Walter presented Trump with a World Series ring engraved with the president’s name. Adam Kilgore, New York Times, 24 July 2026 It is also engraved with that all-important serial number, which marks the moment when the dual-balance timepiece first became commercially available. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 July 2026 Even during Hale’s time, however, most of the stones at Blake Street did not have engraved names. John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026 Someone has left a copy of the communist newspaper Rizospastis, folded up neatly near Bellou’s tombstone, which is engraved with the lyrics of one of her most beloved songs. Literary Hub, 20 July 2026 Moreover, in recognition of the fact that a person not a nation actually directs the film, the director’s name and not the country’s will be engraved for posterity on the statuette plaque. Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026 Archaeologists recently uncovered two gold rings at an ancient burial site in Thailand — one of them engraved with an intriguing message that dates back 2,000 years. Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 13 July 2026 One ring found Thursday was engraved with characters believed to be Bhrami script, an ancient Indian writing system. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 The rifle contained one spent cartridge casing and three unfired rounds, which were each engraved with messages, said Sergeant Jennifer Faumuina, an investigator with the State Bureau of Investigation called to testify by prosecutors. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
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  • Her spot at the support group, which now lights a blue candle with her name etched onto it before every meeting.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 18 July 2026
  • As for the nil-nil draw between Curaçao and Ecuador, three days later, no doubt every sweating tackle will be etched into the consciousness of the seventy thousand spectators who packed into Kansas City Stadium.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
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  • But, outside of clothing items and a set of denture plates inscribed with a partially illegible set of numbers, there was too little evidence recovered from the scene to generate leads in the case.
    Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 July 2026
  • Sites in South Sudan, Lebanon, and the State of Palestine made the list, along with properties in Ukraine, Suriname, and, again, Lebanon, that were already inscribed on the World Heritage List and are now on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 July 2026
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  • The planet appears to have carved a visible gap inside the protoplanetary disk, giving astronomers one of the clearest views yet of planetary formation in progress.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Each stone’s etching is intricately carved on the reverse side.
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2026

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“Engraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engraved. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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