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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Recent Examples of stone
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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His latest study set out to find the origin of the tombstone.Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Put tombstones in flowerbeds, hang spiders from windows, or add a spooky wreath.Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Oct. 2024
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The sheer scale of phones used in the study let the researchers correct individual bias by comparing the devices against each other.Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
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The sheer number of cyclists snarled traffic and prompted restrictions by the city's tourism-hungry officials, who had encouraged them to come.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 12 Nov. 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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Two weeks ago in Washington, D.C., a mysterious poop monument appeared by the U.S. Capitol.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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White boys climb the town square’s Confederate monument.Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 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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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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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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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 21 Nov. 2024.
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