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cushion cut

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noun

Jewelry.

  1. a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.

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In the third picture in the carousel, Swift, wearing a Ralph Lauren halter neck dress and diamond encrusted Cartier watch, flashes her engagement ring - a cushion cut diamond on a gold band.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

Weindling casually hands over an enormous nine-carat cushion cut diamond ring that would be of such rarity if found naturally that it would auction for $5m or $6m.

From The Guardian • Mar. 10, 2020

Graff said the diamond at issue in the other lawsuit was originally a 16.64-carat stone that had been recut as a 16.28 modified cushion cut diamond.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2012

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