as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand
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Recent Examples of grinder
After fermentation and toasting, the beans are winnowed and placed in a melanger, a stone grinder that runs for up to 72 to turn the beans into a velvety, smooth paste.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The schemes and skills have expanded from the days when every Big Ten basketball game was a grinder.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
This $7 brush sweeps away residue without affecting the coffee grinder’s blades.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
When Morton was hired, most of the praise was about his work ethic, his grinder mentality, etc.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
The schemes and skills have expanded from the days when every Big Ten basketball game was a grinder.
—Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 30 Jan. 2026
This $7 brush sweeps away residue without affecting the coffee grinder’s blades.
—Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Jan. 2026
When Morton was hired, most of the praise was about his work ethic, his grinder mentality, etc.
—Colton Pouncy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinder
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During the years 2021 to 2025, China’s submarine building surpassed that of the US in both numbers of subs launched – 10 to 7 – and tonnage – 79,000 to 55,500, says the report, which looked at shipyard satellite imagery to draw estimates of China’s construction.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Of the ships and vessels waiting in the waters off Venezuela before the raid, the Ford carrier was the biggest hitter, leading a strike group — a formation of US Navy vessels that can include destroyers, cruisers and submarines.—
Jamie Tarabay,
Fortune,
15 Feb. 2026
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Hume became one of modern atheism’s great intellectual heroes by rejecting this idea.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Above one entryway, a sword is lodged in the stone, said to have found its place there in the eighth century after being thrown more than 100 miles by Roland, the hero of the medieval chanson that bears his name.—
Robert F. Worth,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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We were thrilled to have her friends and even both sets of grandparents to our house in Lakeland for popcorn chicken and Publix subs.—
Josh M. Shepherd,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
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Fewer subs to help ramp up the tempo and maybe get the primary guys in better rhythm?—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2026
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Potential payloads include lightweight anti-submarine torpedoes, electronic warfare equipment, acoustic decoys designed to mimic other vessels, and deployable sensor packages for intelligence collection.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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But Kaibab is a torpedo, launching from the South Rim and chasing a ridge down and out across the canyon.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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“Grinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinder. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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