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

Indigenous leaders have also accused the government of allowing unchecked mining and oil drilling on ancestral lands. —Isa Cardona, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

But the dynamics of religion and class forged by industrial mining have shaped central Appalachia’s culture in lasting ways particular to the coalfields. —The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025

The White House on Monday announced a partnership with Trilogy Metals as part of a push to unlock domestic supplies of copper and other critical minerals in the Ambler mining district in Alaska. —Sam Meredith, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025

The Department of Energy will take a 5% equity stake in the company and a 5% stake in the Thacker Pass lithium mining project, a joint venture with General Motors. —Dave Smith, Fortune, 7 Oct. 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