not carved in stone
Example Sentences
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Those terms are not carved in stone, however.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023
Kazaks added that initially the ECB should raise rates by 25 basis points but this increment is not carved in stone.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022
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
The Sphinx of Emerson is not carved in stone.
From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord
