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Recent Examples of quarry
Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2025, the company used its proprietary drilling technology to reach a depth of 118 meters in a Texas granite quarry.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
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
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Noun
The roof of his celebrated Restaurant Mestizo, also in the capital city, is supported by huge load-bearing stones from a local quarry; his Pite House, a residence in nearby Papudo, sits nestled on a cliffside that shelters it from prevailing winds.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
In 2025, the company used its proprietary drilling technology to reach a depth of 118 meters in a Texas granite quarry.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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In the video, the snake flicks its tongue, a common sensory behavior used to detect chemical cues in the air and identify nearby prey or potential predators.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Mar. 2026
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The same can’t be said about their prey.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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By the 60s, individual rare earths were being mined, separated and utilized.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Gardner also performs her own material, mining her life.—
Barbara Bry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Olly Mann and The Week delve behind the headlines and debate what really matters from the past seven days.—
TheWeek,
TheWeek,
20 Mar. 2026
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Consider the Back to the Future films, which delve into salvaging a reality by entering a new one, or the Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, where characters hopscotch through the multiverse, tapping into the knowledge and experiences other versions of themselves have.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Isaiah Evans came through for a momentum-swinging slam and scooped five offensive boards from the wing.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Still, Microsoft’s threats to sue OpenAI — scooped by the FT — signify an escalating fight that won’t end particularly well if the two sides can’t hash out a deal.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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