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Recent Examples of quarry
Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Common to lakes, rivers, and blue holes in Texas Hill Country and Central Texas, clearer, bluer waters can most often be attributed to the abundance of natural deposits and quarries of limestone that are native to the area.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The jail was built in 1837 for $4,000 from stone quarried on the site.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Similarly, Studio Raw Material works with discards from the quarries of Makrana, where nearly twenty million tons of stone are processed annually.
—Glenn Adamson, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Common to lakes, rivers, and blue holes in Texas Hill Country and Central Texas, clearer, bluer waters can most often be attributed to the abundance of natural deposits and quarries of limestone that are native to the area.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
Verb
The Altar Stone seems to have traveled the greatest distance, but the bluestones—turquoise in the diagram on the left—were quarried 140 miles away, in Wales, and even the nearest stones were dragged 14 miles.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
The jail was built in 1837 for $4,000 from stone quarried on the site.
—Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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In late 2019, a telemarketing company in the Little Rock, Arkansas, area fell prey to a crippling ransomware attack.—
Harry Kazakian,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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The results also indicate that megalodon populations living in different habitats had slightly contrasting diets, potentially because of differing prey availability.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Globally speaking, fragrance is booming elsewhere, with opportunities to be mined in new formats and juices, as reported.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
5 June 2025
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Vermiculite is a non-renewable resource mined from the earth.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2025
Verb
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Cuomo and Mamdani traded attacks on age, experience and donor bases, with exchanges sometimes delving into the personal.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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Both kids have gone on to follow in their parents' footsteps and delve into the world of acting: Ava recently appeared on an episode of Doctor Odyssey, while Deacon has popped up in episodes of Never Have I Ever and his dad's new coming-of-age drama, Motorheads.—
Shania Russell,
EW.com,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Ladle it over hot basmati rice or with naan for scooping.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Some are known to scoop some up and bring them home after wins, while others like hitting them back into the stands with their stick.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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