graved

Definition of gravednext
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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  • As waveguide smart glasses, the G2 uses flat, clear lenses with waveguides etched into them that redirect light projected from microprojectors built into the frames.
    Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Today, this history is etched into a landscape pockmarked with deep craters and atomic lakes, contaminated with radioactive isotopes cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239 that can remain dangerous for thousands of years.
    Magdalena Stawkowski, The Conversation, 8 Apr. 2026
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  • The white-gold indices, also hand-engraved, and star trails, evoking the night sky, are joined by 18-karat-pink-gold hands, a visible flying-tourbillon cage, a dual-register split-seconds flyback chronograph, and a semi-Gregorian perpetual calendar.
    Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The statues are engraved, and the Vanity Fair Oscar Party took over its new home at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, complete with an A-plus-plus guest list, stunning costume changes for the red carpet, and, of course, In-N-Out burgers for all, served all night long.
    Vanity Fair, Vanity Fair, 16 Mar. 2026
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  • Technically, all inscribed or mixed Readymades were assisted, though the term was more easily understood in those works evincing Duchamp’s facture.
    Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,100-year-old sling bullet in Israel inscribed with a pointed message aimed at enemy forces.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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  • The fighting has carved a path of destruction from agricultural towns near the border to Beirut, killing more than 2,000 people and displacing in excess of 1 million others, according to Lebanese authorities.
    ABC News, ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • For years, Dean Potter stood atop the climbing world, attaining a mystique as a rebellious spirit who carved his own path up mountains and into the sky — through BASE jumping and wingsuit flying.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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“Graved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graved. Accessed 15 Apr. 2026.

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