1
: the process or business of working mines
2
: the activity or process of searching through large amounts of information for specific data or patterns
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The peace declaration included a commitment to withdraw heavy weapons from the border, de-mining efforts, and to de-escalate tensions that erupted into the brief but deadly border conflict.
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
The area has since become a popular spot for gold mining due to the presence of the Yilgarn Craton, a major part of the Earth’s crust that consists of igneous and metamorphic rocks, per GeoScience Australia.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The idea is that these are machines capable of mining resources, replicating and spreading through the galaxy over millions of years.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The United States is facing a shortage of TNT, a high explosive that is essential to the manufacturing of commercial explosives products, like cast boosters, which are commonly used in the mining and construction industries, according to the Institute of Makers of Explosives, or IME.
—Macklin Fishman, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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Helen Regan, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2025
The area has since become a popular spot for gold mining due to the presence of the Yilgarn Craton, a major part of the Earth’s crust that consists of igneous and metamorphic rocks, per GeoScience Australia.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
The idea is that these are machines capable of mining resources, replicating and spreading through the galaxy over millions of years.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
The United States is facing a shortage of TNT, a high explosive that is essential to the manufacturing of commercial explosives products, like cast boosters, which are commonly used in the mining and construction industries, according to the Institute of Makers of Explosives, or IME.
—Macklin Fishman, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2025
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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