mining

noun

min·​ing ˈmī-niŋ 

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

image/video mining

Examples of mining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Aspen's early development was tied closely to silver mining, with the city's mining boom lasting about 13 years. — Spencer Wilson, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

In 2024, a group of scientists reported that lumps of metal on the Pacific seafloor—which happened to be the target of seabed-mining operations—seemed to be producing dark oxygen. — James Dinneen, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026

The investment is intended for projects including data centers and compute power, renewable-power generation, energy storage, natural gas, electricity transmission and critical minerals and mining. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026

Data from the Euratom Supply Agency shows that Canadian and Kazakh mining operations also remained the primary uranium suppliers for European power utilities throughout the same period. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mining

• data mining

Rhymes for mining

• dining
• fining
• lining
• pining
• shining
• signing
• twining
• vining
• whining
• aligning
• assigning
• calcining

Kids Definition

mining

noun

min·​ing

ˈmī-niŋ

: the process or business of working mines