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

Across the state, Italian Americans have left a legacy through small businesses, community associations, restaurants, Catholic churches and more, from metro Detroit to west Michigan, Upper Peninsula mining towns to mid-Michigan and beyond. —Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 2025

Black lung disease has been on the rise since the 1990s, a result of newer, shallower mining practices, particularly in Appalachia, that kick up more silica dust. —Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025

Others include transportation and distribution, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and construction. —Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025

Stocks in the list were roughly evenly split across lithium, batteries, uranium/nuclear, rare earth mining and energy storage, Morgan Stanley wrote. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 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