as in tombstone
a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased
an engraved stone identified the grave as that of a man who had died in the Influenza Epidemic of 1918-19
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as in sheer
having no exceptions or restrictions
the stone stupidity of the senator's statements embarrassed even her staffers
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as in cold
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Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The spaces are airy and open with natural stone, a neutral color palette and plants.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
The Aris sub-collection represents a group of multi-stone pieces with mixed-shape diamonds, while Monaco includes quintessential princess cut diamonds, and Reign embodies sophistication with glamorous diamonds and gemstone pieces.
—Lauren Tappan, Town & Country, 12 Oct. 2022
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That includes training local diamond polishers and cutters in Botswana, rather than exporting bulk raw stones to India.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 31 Oct. 2024
The spaces are airy and open with natural stone, a neutral color palette and plants.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 31 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The soils are predominantly stone with abundant limestone.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 May 2023
The Aris sub-collection represents a group of multi-stone pieces with mixed-shape diamonds, while Monaco includes quintessential princess cut diamonds, and Reign embodies sophistication with glamorous diamonds and gemstone pieces.
—Lauren Tappan, Town & Country, 12 Oct. 2022
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The latter maintained a tombstone page that disappeared in 2024, but issues directives on the likes of accessibility and diversity, equity and inclusion.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Cardboard boxes can be turned into tombstones, according to the WWF.Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Zoë Kravitz surely isn’t ready to hang up the sheer looks that have become the bread and butter of her wardrobe.Alice Newbold, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2024
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For the occasion, Biles opted for a floral and sheer dress courtesy of Galia Lahav.Julia Teti, WWD, 24 Oct. 2024
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This system uses the company’s AI platform, which has been trained on millions of dental images, to sharpen blurry X-ray images and add color and other visualizations to more clearly highlight potential dental health issues.Alex Knapp, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Heff’s struggles with this art — not to mention his inert, unsuccessful attempts to get a girlfriend — only sharpened his image of himself as a beautiful failure.Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
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For this 100 percent Cab Franc wine, the grapes are hand harvested and cold soaked for two days before inoculation with native yeast.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
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The two teams were tied at 17-17 after a first quarter that saw the Buckeyes go cold late, shooting two for 11 to close the period.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2023
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They were used primarily as burial monuments or memorials and symbolized the journey to the afterlife, given that ships were considered vessels for transporting the dead into the next world.Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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The finale date, winner and more Not everyone's a winner: The story behind the Arizona monument to 'unelected' presidents Who is left on 'Dancing with the Stars'?Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
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And there definitely was a party element to the occasion, with guests moving to the sounds of the DJ, performing line dances with pure joy.Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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But scientists didn’t figure out how to isolate, extract, and ingest pure DMT on its own until 1956, which branched the drug off from ayahuasca into its own history.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
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Routines ground us in the here and now and remind us of things within our control that do not have to change.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Limestone and clay are ground up and fed into a very long rotating kiln heated to about 1,450C (2,640F).Lara Williams, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
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Without further ado, here are the 49 most consequential, competitive and/or just plain interesting ballot measures of 2024.Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
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Usually, the card comes in a plain white envelope from Department of Health and Human Services.Diane Omdahl, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stone. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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