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as in inscribing
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 imprinting
to produce a vivid impression of
a scar that forever engraved the killer's face in the witness's mind
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as in etching
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Recent Examples of engraving
Dina Cheney, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
There was also a flat heart charm with an engraving, and finally, a rose gold charm that appeared to be Nala from The Lion King.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
Motorola would offer consumers who purchased the phone directly on its website the option to customize the device, with dozens of colors and materials, eventually including bamboo and walnut backs, as well as special touches like personalized engraving.
—Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Another familiar image of American grievances, an engraving of the 1770 Boston Massacre, predates the conflict by five years.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Verb
In her primary bathroom, Elliott hung two engravings of birds, protected under glass.
—Dina Cheney, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2025
There was also a flat heart charm with an engraving, and finally, a rose gold charm that appeared to be Nala from The Lion King.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 14 July 2025
Motorola would offer consumers who purchased the phone directly on its website the option to customize the device, with dozens of colors and materials, eventually including bamboo and walnut backs, as well as special touches like personalized engraving.
—Verne Kopytoff, Fortune, 5 July 2025
Another familiar image of American grievances, an engraving of the 1770 Boston Massacre, predates the conflict by five years.
—Karin Wulf, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engraving
Noun
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But the acid that helps oranges and other citrus cut through mineral deposits in showers and break down grease on baking pans can also be harmful to some household surfaces, causing etching, stripping, pitting, or staining.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
18 Aug. 2025
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Little detail is known about exactly what each of the underground caverns held or when, but etchings by 18th-century Italian classical archaeologist and artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi show it as a lively part of the city center.—
Antonia Mortensen,
CNN Money,
23 July 2025
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That movie was an acerbic portrait of a friendship gone sour, laced with barbed insults.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
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Shot on 16mm, this earthy, psychological portrait of a working-class community’s cyclical existence is an atmospheric plunge into the eerie.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
5 Aug. 2025
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Modeling Reality Without Disruption A digital twin creates a virtual representation of your identity ecosystem, spanning both OT and IT systems.—
Peter Hill,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The tablescape—bright with placemats and menus inspired by vintage TV color bars—paid homage to the aesthetics of broadcast history, highlighting themes around Black life, consumerism, and media representation, all central to Adams’ practice.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
5 Aug. 2025
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The photo was shared in a July 20 Instagram post that featured a carousel of images of Gomez and her loved ones, including her fiancé, Benny Blanco.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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In the real world, a user creating an image with a watermarked AI image-generator wouldn’t receive two images—one with watermark, and one without—for comparison.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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Few tourists, and fewer locals, would recognize the nightmarish place in Trump’s depiction.—
Margaret Talbot,
New Yorker,
17 Aug. 2025
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Bringing that role to life was Jack Black, who admitted the film’s depiction of diva actors has a ring of truth.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Engraving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engraving. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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