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Recent Examples of quarries
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
This all-new podcast takes listeners to the small town of Elberton, GA and on a wild ride through granite quarries, graves, cults, Confederate monuments, a swatting raid, and A LOT of explosives.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
One of the largest hard rock quarries in the Western United States, the quarry has been a key source of building materials for the Bay Area and Central Coast for the past 126 years.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Gravel is a mixture of small natural rock fragments that are sourced from quarries or riverbeds.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Rusting quarries at the mouth of Azusa Canyon.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Across the highway, huge trucks and bulldozers rumble through the dirt entrance leading to the Rinker plant where limestone quarries produce high grade rock products.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
The marble that makes up the bathrooms comes from nearby quarries; some have marble from a nearby quarry, and others have the same reddish marble used at Le Petit Trianon at Versailles.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Every Gothic cathedral is the product of ideas that altered over generations, ambitions abandoned or superseded, compromises with ballooning budgets, labor shortages, or bottlenecks in the supply chain from quarries and forests and mines.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Apr. 2026
This all-new podcast takes listeners to the small town of Elberton, GA and on a wild ride through granite quarries, graves, cults, Confederate monuments, a swatting raid, and A LOT of explosives.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
One of the largest hard rock quarries in the Western United States, the quarry has been a key source of building materials for the Bay Area and Central Coast for the past 126 years.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2026
Gravel is a mixture of small natural rock fragments that are sourced from quarries or riverbeds.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
Rusting quarries at the mouth of Azusa Canyon.
—Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
Across the highway, huge trucks and bulldozers rumble through the dirt entrance leading to the Rinker plant where limestone quarries produce high grade rock products.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Be sure to visit one of the former tufa quarries, with their impressively huge caverns.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarries
Noun
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Their diet varies with location and season, depending on what prey is available.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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Because opossums are one of the most common prey species for Burmese pythons, scientists expect that some of the collared animals will eventually be eaten by the snakes, effectively turning the opossums into indirect tracking devices.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Her decision to wear such a prominent spring runway piece was certainly a style switch-up for Clooney, who typically mines the archives for rarer, one-of-a-kind garments in the spotlight.—
Christian Allaire,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2026
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And even if credible veracity comes and goes, Lindsay-Abaire mines them for plenty of laughs.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Carter offers a few pointers on seeing these majestic creatures on land.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2026
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Men, society tells us ad nauseam, are simple creatures.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quarries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarries. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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