grist

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Recent Examples of grist As a result, the wider internet is slightly more bereft of the mundanity that is the grist for its mill. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 9 July 2025 Today, those men—the Ted Bundys of the world, to name the most famous example—remain valuable grist for the dozens of true-crime books, podcasts, and documentaries put out each year. Sarah Weinman, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025 Or, at least, grist to get booked on the podcast circuit. Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 28 May 2025 McClure said the grist mill where Lincoln first arrived is the project’s top priority. Addison Wright, Chicago Tribune, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grist
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grist
Noun
  • Christoforous recommended buying in bulk during sales to save money throughout the year, especially for basic supplies like pencils and pens.
    Doc Louallen, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
  • And Governor Pritzker’s health department in Illinois is exploring the possibility of purchasing COVID-19 vaccines in bulk directly from manufacturers.
    Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The decor channels the style and substance of the Victorian era, but all of the amenities have been brought into the 21st century, complimentary breakfast included.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond a point, Latif’s many attempts to create mood and atmosphere through movement end up with little subtext to draw from, and play like flourishes with no substance.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Johnson’s dishonesty doesn’t even take into consideration the carnage from the homicides of yesteryear in the Windy City.
    Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In their permit applications, companies cite this reality, often listing financial considerations as the reason for seeking exemptions, Oilfield Witness found.
    ProPublica, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • However, amid the confusion of new strains, changing vaccine guidelines and cuts to vaccine development funding, the CDC continues to track cases, hospitalizations and deaths on a weekly basis.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • So is this a call to get your hsCRP levels checked on a regular basis?
    Sarah Garone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the end, there was a compromise and two start lines, one for the athletes, another for the mass runners, 50 yards behind.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • On social media, Marquette announced that all athletic events for the weekend would be canceled, and a special mass for the school community was held on Saturday afternoon.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Versluis used scars, staples and twisted skin with hair coming out of it.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • But peas were a food staple, so the resourceful man found a way to make vodka from it.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Get the recipe > Saveur’s editor at large Shane Mitchell shared these Southern-style pancakes, which get their subtle chew from fresh corn kernels.
    SAVEUR Editors, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Here, however, the child offers a kernel to his mother.
    Demir Alp, JSTOR Daily, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That value is ironically and necessarily bound up with independence from government control, even as its realization depends on receiving enormous sums of government money.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Mark Zuckerberg has invested large sums of money into Meta.
    John Tufts, IndyStar, 6 Sep. 2025

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“Grist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grist. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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