grist

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Recent Examples of grist Newsom and other speakers veered from discussing the technical grist of reshaping districts — known as redistricting — and instead depicted the looming battle as a conflict with all things Trump, tying it explicitly to the fate of American democracy. Michael R. Blood, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025 This data turns us all into numerical grist for the mathematical mill, allowing the powers that be to predict, optimize, and profit with unprecedented scale and success. Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025 As so often, what might have vexed or depressed many authors was, for Leonard, an extra helping of grist. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 The party’s subsequent disbandment by the Constitutional Court last August added grist to the perception among Move Forward’s predominantly young voters that the nation’s elites are conspiring to expunge their democratic will. Charlie Campbell, Time, 26 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for grist
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Noun
  • The Michigan House voted nearly unanimously in June to approve legislation aimed at cracking down on bots that purchase tickets in bulk, inflating demand and resale prices.
    Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The rapid push for an indictment, despite the recommendation of career prosecutors, comes at a fraught time for the high-profile attorney's office, which handles a bulk of the country's national security cases.
    Katherine Faulders, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ellis died at age 39 from heart failure due to alcohol withdrawal syndrome following an ongoing struggle with substance abuse.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Often sensational in tone and light on substance, these reports typically allege that a company has misstated its financial condition, overstated business prospects, or engaged in improper practices.
    Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The recommendation will now go to the Louisville Metro Council for its consideration.
    Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Things to Consider While Ezekiel bread is a healthy bread choice, there are some considerations to take into account for certain people.
    Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The 2023 writers’ strike opened up airtime on ABC on a weekly basis and contributed to a 29% jump in ratings.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Anyone who possessed this overwhelming desire to face near certain death on a regular basis is going to be unusual.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The mass infections and mass deaths, however, are conspicuously missing.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • High-profile mass shootings continue to rock the city.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Style them with a coordinating blazer for a trendy take on in-office attire, or wear them with T-shirts or sweaters to dress up basic closet staples.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Universal Thread Rhi Boots This classic pair of riding boots is a versatile fall staple.
    Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Elote This playful pastry is shaped like an ear of corn, complete with ridges that look like kernels.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are kernels of truth in all this.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those enormous sums of money flow to seemingly everyone except the student athletes.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The sum that borrowers need to repay depends on several factors, including how expensive the colleges are, and whether borrowers had enough savings to pay tuition up front.
    Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Grist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grist. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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