as in to decorate
to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming
the simple country church has an aura of serene spirituality that is often missing in more embossed houses of worship
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Recent Examples of emboss
Venera probes, like all of the Soviet spacecraft sent to the moon and the planets, carried along with them small memorial coins, medals and titanium pennants—embossed with the hammer and sickle, the likeness of Lenin, the Earth, and more.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
Using century-old tools and luxurious silk, each petal and leaf is individually cut, embossed, and assembled by hand in her New York atelier.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Whether hand-piped, moulded or embossed, these products carry visible evidence of artistry and care.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The four-piece Staud for St. Regis collection is crafted in raffia and embossed Italian calfskin.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 7 May 2025
Using century-old tools and luxurious silk, each petal and leaf is individually cut, embossed, and assembled by hand in her New York atelier.
—Pooja Shah, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
Whether hand-piped, moulded or embossed, these products carry visible evidence of artistry and care.
—Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
The four-piece Staud for St. Regis collection is crafted in raffia and embossed Italian calfskin.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
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Read Next World 1,400-year-old crown — still decorated with insect wings — found in South Korea May 22, 2025 1:16 PM Read Next World Students locate ancient Roman army camp beyond empire’s northern border.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with mothers awarded the honorary title of Mother Heroine and families decorated with the Order of Parental...—
Clare Morell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Signature lines from the production adorn the entry wall, a remote control signals a projector to show films from the 1960’s, the musical’s era, including Cool Hand Luke and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid starring the main character’s idol Paul Newman.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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It’s carved from a snaking mulberry branch and adorned with microchips, with a C.P.U. fan and a small desk clock embedded in the smoothly polished wood near its head.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 May 2025
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“Emboss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emboss. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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