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agate

[ag-it] / ˈæg ɪt /
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Gold and silver inlay work and green agate stones complete the garment.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

The doorknob-size piece, inlaid with carnelian, agate and lapis lazuli flowers reminiscent of the Taj, exemplifies how even the smallest functional item would be meticulously crafted and decorated in a consistent style in Mughal workshops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

They came up with a wallcovering collection full of leopard prints, swirling sea agate patterns, and golden Victorian keys and dressmaking scissors.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2023

Among his tasks in Metro was putting together the weather page, assembling all that agate type that listed highs and lows across the country.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

At thirty her hot brown eyes had turned to agate, and her skin had taken on the sheen of maple struck down, split and sanded at the height of its green.

From "Sula" by Toni Morrison

Glossy agates and tiny-dice surprises interrupt the labyrinth’s blue, gray, white and orange river stone path.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2023

Experts from the University of Leeds and a specialist spectroscopy company were also involved, and they found she had carnelians and agates which she collected in Scarborough, where she worked as a governess.

From BBC ● May 21, 2022

It is hard not to be charmed by Lowell’s hyperventilating report on his agates and turtles and toy soldiers, but the word “mania” suggests that he suspected the darker fortunes to come.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 13, 2017

As I dug up the rocks to cover her, I found shells and agates and chunks of perfectly weathered beach glass.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 11, 2016

Cal was able to develop his marble game and set about gathering in all the chalkies and immies, glassies and agates, in the schoolyard.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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