quarried

past tense of quarry

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mined
Verb
  • Since being mined, the stone has been viewed as part of the country’s collective narrative.
    Kate Matthams, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Achieving and verifying high-purity output from secondary feedstocks, rather than virgin mined ore, is a technically demanding problem that has limited the domestic recycling sector for years.
    Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
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“Quarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarried. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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