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Six example sentences with engrave, each labelled with its topic.
Printmakers engrave a copper plate with a burin, then wipe ink across it so only the grooves hold any pigment.
Art
Banknote designers engrave lines so fine that a photocopier smears them, which is still one of the cheapest anti-counterfeit tricks.
Finance
The shop will engrave your initials on the tuning plate, a small flourish that takes about an hour.
Music
The league will engrave the champions' names on the trophy's base, and the plaques fill a new ring every decade.
Basketball
A laser can engrave a serial number into a chip's casing in seconds, far too fine for a file to remove.
Technology
Roman stonecutters would engrave an emperor's titles across a triumphal arch in letters a foot tall.
History
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