not carved in stone
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Those terms are not carved in stone, however.
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
Because effectiveness must account for real-world variables, it’s not carved in stone.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2021
It feels tremendously liberating to realize that the arbitrary standards we set for ourselves are not carved in stone.
From Time ● Sep. 20, 2016
Lockhart, a centrist member who will have a vote next year on the Fed's policy committee, said that while a mid-2015 lift-off was not "carved in stone," he saw the data increasingly backing that scenario.
From Reuters ● Dec. 11, 2014
The words "Waste not, want not," carved in stone over Sir Walter Scott's kitchen fireplace at Abbotsford, expresses in a few words the secret of Order in the midst of abundance.
From Thrift by Samuel Smiles
