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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Glatzer’s upcoming eight-episode series, The Audacity, is a darkly comic drama about ambition in the tech bubble, centered on a rich cast of characters led by Duncan Park (Billy Magnussen)—an audacious data-mining CEO who will stop at nothing to amass profit and power.
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Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026
Today, Caterpillar operates one of the world’s largest autonomous mining fleets.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
The historic downtown is full of antique mining relics and quirky businesses.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to a long tradition of unregulated gold mining in the Orinoco region of western Venezuela, guerilla groups have more recently begun mining rare earth minerals like coltan.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
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Rebecca Ford, Vanity Fair, 7 Jan. 2026
Today, Caterpillar operates one of the world’s largest autonomous mining fleets.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Jan. 2026
The historic downtown is full of antique mining relics and quirky businesses.
—Jen Murphy, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
In addition to a long tradition of unregulated gold mining in the Orinoco region of western Venezuela, guerilla groups have more recently begun mining rare earth minerals like coltan.
—Jason Abbruzzese, NBC news, 7 Jan. 2026
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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