lapidary
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There’s a lapidary quality to Mr. Pence’s manifesto, and it’s worth noting that he invokes Isaiah: “look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Clarifying all of this was the lapidary statement of Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, a former wrestler and mixed martial artist who has been selected as Kristi Noem’s replacement at DHS.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
Nor are they much concerned with irony, lapidary prose, etc.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
“In other words, it’s an Almodóvar movie with all the attendant gifts that implies: lapidary technique, calculated perversity, intelligent wit.”
From New York Times • May 14, 2020
Bernabe rolled the concept of painted cattleguards around in his brain the way a lapidary rolls a rough stone around in a rock tumbler to make it smooth.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
Vocabulary lists containing lapidary
In A Sedimental Mood: Rock and Gem Vocabulary
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The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Marvellers
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