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as in imprinted
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 engraved
These include an elite Viking Age burial site unearthed near Lisbjerg and engraved 9th century silver bangles, found in Elsted, that functioned as currency whose value was determined by the jewelry’s weight.
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Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The ring now bears both women's wedding dates engraved side by side.
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Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Created under Napoleon to commemorate his victories and honor those who fought and died for France in war, the monument is a standing tribute engraved with the names of notable soldiers and battles.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes.
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Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
One tasteful choice is patterned aluminum trim to envelop the dash and doors, hand-engraved with a guilloche technique, similar to what’s employed on a high-end watch case.
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Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
Visitors can observe the Wall of Names where their names are engraved on 40 large marble panels, look out over the field where their remains lie to this day and listen to the Tower of Voices, a one-of-a-kind wind chime structure that honors those 40 voices through sound.
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Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Get your house number engraved in a mid-century font on a metal plate.
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Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.
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Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The ring now bears both women's wedding dates engraved side by side.
—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Created under Napoleon to commemorate his victories and honor those who fought and died for France in war, the monument is a standing tribute engraved with the names of notable soldiers and battles.
—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
22 June 2026
With her fingers, Guadalupe Espinoza lightly traced the lettering engraved on a slanted monument wedged alongside the courtyard at the LA Plaza de Culturas y Artes.
—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
One tasteful choice is patterned aluminum trim to envelop the dash and doors, hand-engraved with a guilloche technique, similar to what’s employed on a high-end watch case.
—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
Visitors can observe the Wall of Names where their names are engraved on 40 large marble panels, look out over the field where their remains lie to this day and listen to the Tower of Voices, a one-of-a-kind wind chime structure that honors those 40 voices through sound.
—
Usa Today Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
Get your house number engraved in a mid-century font on a metal plate.
—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
10 June 2026
References to nomads of the Kazakh steppe and local symbolism abound in the label, as seen in the heavy glass bottles recalling nomads’ flasks and decorated with handmade pendants in the form of old coins engraved with the emblem of each fragrance.
—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engraved
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All but one lived in Jaramijó, a town of around thirty thousand people etched into a coastal hill.
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History, whether acknowledged or not, is etched in our souls.
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The glass is inscribed—in lead wire, lead foil, oil, varnish, and dust—with diagrammatic imagery evoking machinery.
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Sehgal, who wore a jacket and a quarter zip, took in the monument’s massive granite pylons, inscribed with the names and ranks of the more than four thousand Americans who never returned from the Atlantic during the Second World War.
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But that one course, Sugarloaf Golf Club, is also one of the few publics in the Northeast to have made Golf Digest’s Top 100, a Robert Trent Jones II classic with drop dead views on nearly every hole, carved from a gorgeous wilderness teeming with moose and other wildlife.
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Expanding on sounds pioneered by his Memphis predecessors, such as Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG, Tay Keith carved his own lane.
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“Engraved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engraved. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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