graved

past tense of grave
as in etched
to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface the doomed climber graved his initials into the rock face

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  • Instead of routing electricity through copper wires, photonic chips guide light through microscopic channels called waveguides etched into a wafer.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 June 2026
  • The array of 650 orange-brick apartments that once stood here remains etched into his memory.
    Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 3 June 2026
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  • The Revere bowl was hidden for decades by the descendants of the secret resistors whose names are engraved on its surface.
    Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026
  • Almost every surface is laser-engraved with text, in thirteen languages.
    Sam Knight, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
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  • There’s no point postulating a soul that might rise beyond the reach of artificial illumination, because the very vault of the Universe is inscribed with radiant diagrams.
    Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
  • Archaeologists have previously identified mudbrick and limestone burial structures, fragments of coffins, inscribed limestone blocks, and a Roman-period coin.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 1 June 2026
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  • Some are visible in the sky, some carved into stone, some hidden beneath the sea, and others formed by fire or water.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
  • But even these trails, like the ones Vernon carved out with friends near his home in Bella Vista, have had a positive effect.
    Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026
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“Graved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graved. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.

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