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be carved in stone
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be carved/set in stone
if an arrangement, a plan, or a rule is set in stone, it is completely fixed so that it cannot be changed (usually negative) The rules aren't set in stone; they can be altered to suit changing circumstances. These are just a few ideas to be discussed - nothing is carved in stone.
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Although taxes may seem to be set in stone, with sufficient citizen unrest, taxes can be canceled at any time by elected officials or by voters through use of the initiative.
at the Symposium, Mitloehner cautions that no single emissions number should be set in stone.
THE NEW YORK TIMES, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor recently came out with stories highlighting the flip side of the affirmative--action suppression that may be set in stone when the Supreme Court rules on the issue this year.
 
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