paving stone

noun

: a flat stone or brick used to make a hard surface to walk on outdoors

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It was initially discovered during railroad excavations along the southern coast of what was then Palestine in 1913 and, according to Jacob Kaplan who discovered the tablet in 1943, it was used as a paving stone with the inscription facing upwards. Francesca Aton For Artnews, Robb Report, 20 Dec. 2024 Later that year, an assailant struck an office worker over the head with a paving stone on a Midtown sidewalk. Ella Howard / Made By History, TIME, 10 July 2024 In one dramatic video posted on social networks, an officer is seen crashing to the ground after being hit with a paving stone. Elaine Ganley, ajc, 3 Apr. 2023

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“Paving stone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paving%20stone. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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