lapidary
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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
Readers were clamoring for literary works that deployed irony, lapidary prose and an artful yet steely-eyed glimpse into the conflict.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2023
Outside of science, his interests included winemaking, lapidary work and cultivating orchids.
From Scientific American • Sep. 6, 2022
She compared Strout’s writing process to Picasso’s Blue Period painting, Woman Ironing: “It’s this lapidary folding and flattening out. These sentences seem simple; they’re just so pared down.”
From New York Times • Sep. 3, 2022
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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