as in submarines
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 grinders
First, compared to grinders like Fellow's Opus and Baratza's Encore ESP, the Philos uses bigger, better burrs.
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Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Coffee snobs know that having one of the best coffee grinders in your arsenal is imperative.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The suspects accessed the Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo Gallery) through a window that was forced open and entered the building carrying small chainsaws and angle grinders.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Jan. 2026
His staff features former pros, but lacks grinders, even though records obtained by USA Today as of October 2025 showed 57 coaches and support staff, including a bodyguard.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2025
Footage from museum cameras showed that the two who broke into the ornate Apollo Gallery used grinders to cut into jewelry display cases.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
Coffee snobs know that having one of the best coffee grinders in your arsenal is imperative.
—Jack Byram, Architectural Digest, 7 Nov. 2025
On a Sunday morning two weeks ago, two men parked a movers’ lift outside the Louvre, rode up to the second storey, smashed a window, cracked open display cases with angle grinders, and then fled on the back of scooters driven by two accomplices in a heist lasting less than seven minutes.
—Reuters, NBC news, 2 Nov. 2025
Across town, Mark Fontana leaned over a slab of granite in a monument manufacturing shop located right next to the Italian cemetery, full of headstones in various stages, giant stone cutting machines, diamond-grinders and a room for sandblasting headstones.
—Chris Kenning, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
Also collected as evidence at the crime scene was a blanket, two angle grinders used to cut through the window of the gallery and the display cases inside, a walkie-talkie, gasoline and a blowtorch, as well as the glove and helmet that contained the DNA.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
The suspects accessed the Galerie d'Apollon (Apollo Gallery) through a window that was forced open and entered the building carrying small chainsaws and angle grinders.
—Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinders
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It is equipped with eight vertical launch system (VLS) tubes, doubling the launcher count carried by earlier Arihant-class submarines.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Feb. 2026
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Also based there are submarines in Russia’s Northern Fleet that can carry dozens of nuclear warheads each while hiding beneath sea ice.—
Tom Yulsman,
Time,
23 Feb. 2026
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Foster may have been a late addition to the roll-call of heroes who went on to deliver the first of three consecutive promotions under Hollywood ownership, having only come out of retirement in March 2023 to solve a goalkeeping crisis.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2026
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Because country star Dierks Bentley is nothing if not a solid curator of younger opening acts and heroes alike.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2026
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Starz recorded no Canadian linear TV subs in the latest quarter.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Feb. 2026
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The subs came in with the Cowboys leading 11-10, and led to a five-minute Bronco scoring drought that put the home team 16-10 down before Buchanan re-entered and broke the drought with a layup.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
24 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Grinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinders. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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