in cement

Idioms  

1. Firmly settled or determined; unalterable. For example, Their policy on taxes was set in cement despite opposition. For a synonym, see cast in stone.

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Example Sentences

Ethiopia’s government promoted manufacturing with some successes in cement and floriculture, but its leading state enterprise asked North Korea for help to build 10 sugar mills as part of a vast sugar-development project.

From The Wall Street Journal

For example, he said getting to zero emissions in cement production would be challenging, because cement plants are located across the country and can’t be consolidated.

From MarketWatch

“You’d have to have this insane network of pipes,” Harvey said of cutting down emissions in cement production.

From MarketWatch

She even met the woman who lived in her house before her, whose kids’ handprints had been preserved in cement until the fire hit.

From Los Angeles Times

On Feb. 3, the actor had a grander and more permanent monument as evidence of his accomplishment: his handprints immortalized in cement at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theatre.

From Salon