set in stone
Example Sentences
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These risk weightings aren’t set in stone and can rise under various circumstances, including if more of the underlying loans become delinquent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
If the Chargers were a home, general manager Joe Hortiz and coach Jim Harbaugh are in agreement: its foundation is set in stone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
While scientists expect more records to be broken in the years ahead, they emphasise that the future impacts of climate change are not set in stone.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2026
“It’s not set in stone and you have to shift as you go.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
Choices, numberless as grains of sand, had layered and compressed, coalescing into sediment, then into rock, until all was set in stone.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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