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carved in stone and engraved in stone; written in stone

Fig. permanent or not subject to change. (Often in the negative.) Now, this isn't carved in stone yet, but this looks like the way it's going to be. Is this policy carved in stone, or can it still be modified?

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I don't know that it is written in stone necessarily," he said. Two-week Iran deadline not set 'in stone': State Department by AFP / AFP American Edition He believes that history is not written in stone, but in the story of the folk, good and bad, who have lived, loved, fought, suffered and triumphed to shape its course. Murder, mayhem and mystery; local history by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) The law that was supposedly written in stone was rewritten and rubber-stamped in days. FINAL WARNING, HONEST by The Mirror (London, England)			write about write against write away write away for write back to write down write down as write down to write for write in write into write of write off write on write on and on write out write to write up writer writer's block writhe writhe under writhe with writing written written in stone written in the stars wrong wrong number wrote wrote the book on wrought up X marks the spot yack yack head off yack up yammer about yank yank apart yank around yank at yank away yank chain yank into yank off yank on yank out of yank up yap yap about yap at			written communication written communication written communication written communication written communication written complaint Written Comprehension Written constitution written contract written copy Written Correspondence written declaration under oath Written Description of the Invention written discourse written document written document written down written down written down written down Written Down Value Written Down Value Written Down Values Written English for Tourism written evidence written expression written expression disorder Written form Written form written formal expression written in stone Written in the Stars Written in-Training Examination Written Instruction Request written instrument written instrument of contingency written into written into written into written into written language Written Law Written Law Written Law Written Law Written laws Written Manifest written material written matter written notification to appear in court Written off Written off Written off Written off Written off written off vehicle register Written Opinion of the ISA Written Oral Partial Review written order Written Order of the Commanding Officer Written Order/Prescription Prior to Delivery

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