cubic zirconia
Americannoun
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cubic zirconias
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A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
Juarez made Treviño a special batch and she started experimenting with it, putting it on contemporary, pop-culture jewelry like bamboo hoops and adding her Treviño-touches, like cubic zirconia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2023
Andrew Dominik's insufferable NC-17 adaptation of Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name is to Marilyn Monroe what cubic zirconia are to diamonds.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2022
Maybe she hasn’t told anyone it’s a diamond at all because she’s perfectly aware of the properties of cubic zirconia!
From Slate ● Feb. 19, 2020
Now this might seem like no big deal, but the cubic zirconia pageant crowns are guarded more safely than the bank across the street.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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