Thesaurus results for GRAVEN

graven

verb

variants or graved

past participle 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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Participants make vision boards out of magazine clippings and shoe boxes, write letters to their future selves etched in marker.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
All the tender moments leading up to her beautiful day are forever etched in my heart.

— Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of etched

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In any case, this Atlanta fight night is blazing hot and Tesehki and Big Lex have carved their piece of the pie.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
The cavity has been carved into the nebula by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from massive young stars.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026

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After the hearing, Khalil and his lawyers posed for photos in front of the National Constitution Center, where all forty-five words of the First Amendment were engraved on a fifty-ton slab of marble, then walked to a ramen bar for lunch.

— Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
His name will join the 600 already engraved on the memorial wall.

— Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 30 July 2026

Definition of engraved

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Such Chinese characters were inscribed or stamped on most of the hundreds of thousands of works made during the Chinese monarch’s rule in the 18th century.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Caitlin Clark has come closest to date, with two card sales over $500,000 last year, including a high of $660,000 for her 2024 Panini Flawless WNBA Logowoman autographed and inscribed one-of-one card.

— Larry Holder, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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