quarried

past tense of quarry

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarried
mined
Verb
  • Persistent Midstream Processing Gaps Even when ore is mined outside China, concentrates still may travel back to Asia for separation and metal making.
    Brendon Grunewald, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even as Nintendo has endlessly mined its classic consoles for nostalgic re-releases in recent decades, the company has seemed to completely ignore the existence of the Virtual Boy—its abortive 1990s dip into the world of early virtual reality.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Quarried.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarried. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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