How to Use carved/etched/set/written in stone in a Sentence

carved/etched/set/written in stone

noun phrase
  • The plans are not set in stone and could shift, sources said.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The top four spots in the lineup have been carved in stone.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 20 June 2023
  • In most such games, bids and plays, once made, are set in stone.
    Deb Harvell, arkansasonline.com, 27 Oct. 2024
  • The good news is that these beliefs aren’t set in stone.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Well, can the future be changed, or is it set in stone?
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 21 May 2024
  • Once a smart contract is deployed, the terms are set in stone.
    Nizan Geslevich Packin, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
  • The test phase of the new technology is not set in stone.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • When that didn’t happen, well, the rest of the season was written in stone.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The ending wasn’t set in stone from the very beginning.
    Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2023
  • As much as some things are already set in stone, there are some spots up for grabs.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 22 July 2024
  • And, of course, demographic trends are just that, and aren’t set in stone.
    Will Daniel, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
  • The script’s written in stone, expect the chiefs to benefit off alot of calls.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Just a month out from the election, 20% of likely voters say their votes are not set in stone.
    Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • There are still options out there, but nothing is set in stone.
    Mark Sutherland, Variety, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Ham did hint that the number of minutes James plays this season is not set in stone.
    Chantz Martin, Fox News, 25 Oct. 2023
  • And keep in mind nothing is set in stone yet, which means all options are still on the table.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 July 2023
  • Exactly how the money will be saved is not set in stone.
    Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025
  • But the decision isn’t set in stone yet, as Meta awaits the outcome of an appeal.
    Carlos Mureithi, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 July 2023
  • But right now, there isn’t much about the eventual vaccine that’s set in stone.
    Emily Brindley, courant.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • Nothing will be set in stone until the NFL approves it.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 31 Mar. 2025
  • The ending, however, might not be set in stone just yet.
    Ashley Chervinski, refinery29.com, 28 Feb. 2021
  • All of these forms of covert hostility are not set in stone.
    Danish Kurani, TIME, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The legal actions against Meta serve as a stark reminder that the status quo is not set in stone.
    Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
  • That wisdom should not be discarded, of course, but nor is it carved in stone.
    Brad Templeton, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Many of the details, including the exact location of the project, are not set in stone.
    Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 2 July 2023
  • Jordan said that a third vote could happen at noon today, but that plan isn’t set in stone.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The alliance of me, Teeny, Kishan, and Genevieve — that was set in stone before Aysha got back from the journey.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Trump’s choices are not set in stone and will need Senate approval.
    Alejandra O’Connell-Domenech, The Hill, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The most successful founders treat their goals as living documents, not contracts set in stone.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025
  • Starmer cautioned, however, that not everything had been set in stone.
    Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 8 May 2025

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