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Recent Examples of quarry
News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Its back nine is carved into an old shale quarry – several of the holes are quirky but in a lovable way – and its final holes finish right on the edge of Little Traverse Bay.
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Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
21 June 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.
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Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Noun
The marble for the restoration was sourced from the Dionyssos quarry and funded through what the Acropolis Restoration Service referred to as the Recovery & Resilience Fund 2022-2025.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
22 June 2026
Its back nine is carved into an old shale quarry – several of the holes are quirky but in a lovable way – and its final holes finish right on the edge of Little Traverse Bay.
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Scott Kramer,
Forbes.com,
21 June 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.
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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.
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Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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The latest celebs to fall prey to the romance rumor mill?
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The study suggests that persistent turbidity plumes created by coastal modification projects may interfere with shark prey capture and could increase the likelihood of unintended human interactions.
Verb
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Repurposing could help reduce costs, extend the value of materials already mined and processed, and ease pressure on battery supply chains.
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For decades, humans mined antibiotic molecules from microbes and tweaked them to develop new drugs, staying ahead of evolution’s cunning countermeasures.
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According to Germain, the network initially didn't want to delve into death or divorce, the only two plausible reasons why Chuckie's mom wasn't around, in a kids' show.
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Rogen declined to delve into details but made clear his position has not changed.
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Philadelphia just scooped him with the 22nd pick.
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How Greens Gummies Became the Powder Alternative Greens powders built the category, but daily scooping, mixing and choking down grassy drinks turned off plenty of would-be users.
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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