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insculping

verb

present participle of insculp, archaic

as in etching

to cut (as letters or designs) on a hard surface laid to rest under a stone insculpt with the figure of an angel

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Chinese manufacturers have expanded from areas including etching and deposition into ion implantation, inspection and metrology, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
The etching and aquatint printed in ink on paper, titled Torero, is the ninth in an edition of 30.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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