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Recent Examples of quarry
Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
The residence is built into the surrounding slopes, constructed from local materials including limestone from a nearby quarry and sand from the Wisconsin River.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 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
Right now, the quarry uses trucks to move materials.
—Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 3 Mar. 2025
The residence is built into the surrounding slopes, constructed from local materials including limestone from a nearby quarry and sand from the Wisconsin River.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 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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Fidel Martinez delves into the latest stories that capture the multitudes within the American Latinx community.—
Fidel Martinez,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
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One of their most notable exhibitions, Children of the Sun, held at Sotheby’s in Beverly Hills in April, delved into the divine beauty of childhood and the enduring connection to our inner child.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
29 May 2025
Verb
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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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Ladle it over hot basmati rice or with naan for scooping.—
Sabrina Weiss,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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