quarrying
noun
quar·ry·ing
ˈkwȯr-ē-iŋ 
ˈkwär-
: the business, occupation, or act of extracting useful material (such as building stone) from quarries
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The company also offered another 5.9 acres, but contingent on winning approval for its quarrying plan.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
Mark Witton This new discovery connect to findings in the area going back to 1997, where quarrying revealed over 40 sets of footprints and presented researchers with an idea of which dinosaurs roamed the UK.
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2025
The towers of the temple entrance would have each stood at 59 feet high, but only 16 and a half feet of it exist today as a result of quarrying.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Traveling to 22 countries across multiple continents, the film captures the various industries that significantly contribute to ecological destruction, from metal mining in Russia to ivory poaching in Kenya, to marble quarrying in Italy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2025
Mark Witton This new discovery connect to findings in the area going back to 1997, where quarrying revealed over 40 sets of footprints and presented researchers with an idea of which dinosaurs roamed the UK.
—New Atlas, 3 Jan. 2025
The towers of the temple entrance would have each stood at 59 feet high, but only 16 and a half feet of it exist today as a result of quarrying.
—Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Traveling to 22 countries across multiple continents, the film captures the various industries that significantly contribute to ecological destruction, from metal mining in Russia to ivory poaching in Kenya, to marble quarrying in Italy.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2024
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarrying. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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