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as in to imprint
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 engrave
Choose the shade, pick a case, and engrave it just for mom.
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Apr. 2026
Lubeck’s distinctive style—marked by one-of-a-kind antique stones and intricate hand-engraving work—caught Swift’s eye.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
His brooch was from his jewelry brand Didris and had F1 engraved on the inside.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
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Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 12 Apr. 2026
Lubeck’s distinctive style—marked by one-of-a-kind antique stones and intricate hand-engraving work—caught Swift’s eye.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026
Less than six months after Cesar Chavez died, his family members were in Santa Ana engraving their names in cement during a groundbreaking for Cesar Chavez Continuation High School.
—Claire Wang, Oc Register, 18 Mar. 2026
His brooch was from his jewelry brand Didris and had F1 engraved on the inside.
—Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 16 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for engrave
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Construction in the Arizona desert damaged an enormous Indigenous ground etching resembling a fish that is thought to be at least 1,000 years old.—
Jake Spring,
Washington Post,
1 May 2026
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Every chat with Claude or GPT runs on the same underlying machinery that calculates spreadsheet totals and renders video games—silicon wafers etched with billions of microscopic switches, organized into specialized processors.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
1 May 2026
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It's always inscribed with cultural values and ideas.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Tate — a Chicago native who started his high school career at Marist before transferring to IMG Academy in Florida, then starred as a receiver at Ohio State — wore a jacket with his mom’s name, Ashley Griggs, inscribed on the inside.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, the tornado carved a more than two-mile curve through Cass County, bringing winds up to 110 miles per hour.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Today, Indigenous writers such as herself have carved out a dedicated place within fiction and non-fiction alike.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Engrave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engrave. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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