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quarries

  • plural
    of quarry.
    quarry
    noun
    an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.
  • present tense form
    of quarry (3rd person singular).
    quarry
    noun
    an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.

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The company’s construction-products arm—which includes 109 quarries and yards, nine asphalt plants and 19 terminals—recorded roughly 35 million tons of aggregates shipments last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

But many sections of green belt today contain intensive farming units, industrial buildings, quarries and golf courses.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2025

When the FTC first moved against this practice with a 1973 rule, its quarries were 72 book clubs and four record clubs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

Ms Armerio points to being able to drive to Tuscany's stone quarries from her company's base on the coast of Liguria if she needs to order marble.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2025

In quarries I could see its strata, the dragon’s veins and muscles; the minerals, its teeth and bones.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston

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