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Recent Examples of quarry
Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
On display were limestone pieces exhibiting the material quarried, and a record book loaned for the event by the Metro Nashville Register of Deeds documenting purchase and sale of human beings at a slave market located at the time just blocks from the Capitol site.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Robbie’s practical version of that blissful beach is a remote quarry near his rural home.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
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Noun
It can be found all over the world, and once quarried, is used as stackable rocks, bricks, panels, or crushed into gravel to be used as aggregate in concrete.
—Francesca Perry, CNN Money, 3 July 2025
On display were limestone pieces exhibiting the material quarried, and a record book loaned for the event by the Metro Nashville Register of Deeds documenting purchase and sale of human beings at a slave market located at the time just blocks from the Capitol site.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Verb
Sand is being shipped from a quarry in Palm Springs to San Clemente’s North Beach, a test case to see how the desert grains hold up at the shore.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Robbie’s practical version of that blissful beach is a remote quarry near his rural home.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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Cats can become infected by ingesting raw meat or prey that carries the parasite.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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However, without strong safeguards, agentic systems can lead to loss of control, resulting in misinterpreted intent, falling prey to fraud, or exposing sensitive data.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Ivanhoe Mines will use the investment to grow its business in exploring, developing, and mining critical minerals, and for other general company needs.—
Yessar Rosendar,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Rockies have rarely been active in free agency, even before Schmidt’s tenure, but the GM’s inability to mine the margins of the market for productive players didn’t help.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The fact that Earhart started out as Putnam's mistress contradicted Shapiro's early squeaky-clean image of Earhart and drove her to delve deeper into the life of this extraordinary woman.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
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Bloomer will delve into the story and inspiration behind each of the winning entries, including those of the overall winner, who will walk away with the £10,000 ($13,540) grand prize.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Her flippers, each more than two feet long, scooped out sand and flung it to her sides in slow, determined strokes.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Endowments and foundations have been divesting as they are pressed for liquidity, but family offices can scoop attractive assets at a discount and weather the exit slowdown.—
Hayley Cuccinello,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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