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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However, Greenland currently does little to no mining.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s Colorado mining town–turned–mountain retreat, has completed a three-year renovation.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Bekkersdal sits about 25 miles west of Johannesburg, in Gauteng's West Rand area, which historically was dotted with small towns supporting local mining operations.
—Liezl Thom, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
Groups have warned that enforcing the standard could have much broader impacts beyond the mining industry, because municipal wastewater treatment plants, paper mills, agricultural processing plants and other facilities also discharge sulfate.
—Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Dunton Hot Springs, the 1800s Colorado mining town–turned–mountain retreat, has completed a three-year renovation.
—Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
Bekkersdal sits about 25 miles west of Johannesburg, in Gauteng's West Rand area, which historically was dotted with small towns supporting local mining operations.
—Liezl Thom, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2025
Groups have warned that enforcing the standard could have much broader impacts beyond the mining industry, because municipal wastewater treatment plants, paper mills, agricultural processing plants and other facilities also discharge sulfate.
—Dan Kraker, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for mining
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 28 Dec. 2025.
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