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Recent Examples of quarry
Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The men often worked at the Laud quarry, on the outskirts of Davao City, each cave and hideaway swathed in tropical green.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Because the quarry is located in an area famed among paleontologists as a hotbed for evidence of dinosaur activity, the experts were called in.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
The men often worked at the Laud quarry, on the outskirts of Davao City, each cave and hideaway swathed in tropical green.
—Jes Aznar, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Verb
Below the rubble that covered the building's facade, researchers also identified the remains of several lion sculptures, all carved made from Pentelic marble, a type of white marble quarried from the slopes of Mount Pentelikon in Attica, Greece.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarry
Noun
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Bakker shared a number of graphs that showed that predator–prey ratios dropped over time.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Feb. 2025
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With one blow, the mantis shrimp can defend their territory or kill its prey.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the first six years of production, most of the 148 million pounds of antimony at the site could be mined, meeting about 35% of annual U.S. demand for the critical mineral over that time.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Feb. 2025
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China dominates the global market for rare earth metals, securing rights to mine some 60% and produce up to 90% of the world's supply, according to the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC News,
4 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Intuitive police lieutenant Héctor Castro delves into the deep tangle of secrets or personal crime stories of each patient, who all have a motive for murder.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
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The short delves into child labor, as Anuja and her sister Palak face a life-changing opportunity to leave their factory jobs to attend school.—
Beatrice Verhoeven,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Orioles claimed him but placed him on waivers in February 2024 before the Rockies scooped him up.—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
15 Feb. 2025
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The Scoot Grandeur Apartments multi-use building coming to Cudahy could scoop its first dirt soon.—
Erik S. Hanley,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Quarry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarry. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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