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grist

noun

Definition of grist

as in bulk

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Recent Examples of grist The whisky is sweet and enticing on the nose, with aromas of vanilla fudge, toffee, apricot jam, and a touch of fresh barley grist. — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026 Hell was first settled in 1838, starting with a grist mill and general store along a creek, according to its website. — Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 21 May 2026 The community was first settled in 1838, starting with a grist mill and general store along a creek, according to Hell's website. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 20 May 2026 The project will involve the construction of a new freestanding 40,000 square foot museum, as well as a renovation of the existing museum—which is itself a converted, 19th century grist mill. — News Desk, Artforum, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for grist

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Noun

The fleece lining adds warmth without extra bulk, and the outer polyester material is water-resistant to protect against rain and snow.

— Kaitlin Gates, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2026
The team’s leading receiver was Brycen Tremayne — Xavier Legette didn’t play at all with a knee injury and Jalen Coker missed a bulk of the second half with a quad injury.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of bulk

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Timothy Westlake, who was nominated to serve as assistant secretary for mental health and substance use at the Department of Health and Human Services, was also advanced out of committee on the same en bloc vote.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Others who express hesitation or opposition to bans often cite the risk of sending people who are dependent on 7-OH into withdrawal, and potentially leading them to other, more dangerous substances.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026

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One theory focuses on political considerations — that extending the deportation reprieve could have made the administration appear weak on immigration to its conservative base, just ahead of next month’s consequential midterm election.

— Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Iowa doesn’t have a blemish on its record, and a strong game here might give them future consideration for the College Football Playoffs.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of consideration

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Russian media highlighted an even broader collection of technologies, including mass drone deployments, counter-drone systems, electronic warfare, precision weapons and mobile assault units.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
The trial centered on sharply different accounts of what caused the gunfight in what became the deadliest mass shooting in Sacramento history.

— Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of mass

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As the West and East wings were developed over the 1910s, the resort grew as a staple for travel traditions—a retreat to look forward to.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
From transitional layers and cozy knits to some really good footwear—including Staud’s Wally boots and my favorite Mary Jane flats from Madewell—these are the kinds of staples worth investing in, especially while marked down for a limited time.

— Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of staple

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The oil market is not trading on fundamentals and has not been for months now, said Amrita Sen, founder of Energy Aspects.

— Spencer Kimball,Justina Lee, CNBC, 18 June 2026
But for investors and families willing to focus on fundamentals rather than forecasts, the path to long-term prosperity remains very much intact.

— Robert Daugherty, Forbes.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of fundamental

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Meanwhile, Argon agents have been working to migrate C/C++ codebases to Rust across Google, including thousands of lines in the core re2 and libgav1 libraries and more than 800,000 lines in the Fuchsia OS Zircon kernel.

— Ryan Whitwam, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026
What has that been like knowing that there are kernels of somebody’s real story in this fictional story?

— Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026

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