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A week later, Tiffany employees discovered during a routine inventory that the diamond ring had been replaced by a fake with a cubic zirconia stone.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
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
Think gold bamboo earrings pierced with a neon tongue ring and 5-inch-long cubic zirconia strips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2020
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
Looking at myself in the rearview mirror, I took the cubic zirconia stud out of my left ear and replaced it with La Llorona’s elaborate ear pendant.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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