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

And finally, there were a bunch who don’t go to any of the smaller, more specialized conferences, like Ed, who operates excavators and has followed bitcoin for years, now planning on starting a small mining operation. —Korok Ray, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025

This group also includes those who do manual or physical labor in sectors like mining, agriculture, retail, transportation, construction and restaurants. —Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 17 June 2025

Going deeper The second annual Fortune Southeast Asia 500 list provides insight into a region ready to take advantage of global supply chain shifts and booming industries like mining, EVs, and AI. —Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 17 June 2025

Public lands with grazing, mining, drilling or timber leases also would not be sold. —Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 12 June 2025

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
• seining
• shining
• signing
• twining
• vining
• whining
• aligning
• assigning

Kids Definition

mining

noun

min·​ing

ˈmī-niŋ

: the process or business of working mines