Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mill (about or around)
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Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, ended up in Texas after a meandering journey through holding facilities in Virginia and Louisiana.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025 -
This process causes the ice block to meander its way down the slope, leaving a deep gully in its wake.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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Presented in Lightness & Tension, an exhibition curated by roving gallerist Ulysses de Santi, Simões’s work is rooted in material exploration, as seen in the Sleeper chair, a curving steel form that suggests Brazilian midcentury modernism.—
Rachel Gallaher,
Robb Report,
4 Oct. 2025
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The rapper and NBCUniversal announced on Sunday (Sept. 28) that Snoop will once again be a roving correspondent for its upcoming coverage of the Milan-Cortina Games kicking off in February after charming audiences with his dispatches from the 2024 Paris Games.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
29 Sep. 2025
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Under Dino Toppmoller, Uzun has evolved from Mario Gotze’s understudy last season into a roaming second striker within a direct, vertical system.—
Sukhman Singh,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Accompanied by a nonchalant guitar performance, dancer and choreographer Dong Jilan, donning a brown velvet dress and having the same long, wavy hair as Sanmao, woke up from a miniature dune and roamed around the set in a highly spiritual and ceremonial fashion.—
Denni Hu,
Footwear News,
17 Oct. 2025
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From wandering rare palm forests to navigating ancient waterways and spotting hundreds of migrating bird species, outdoor enthusiasts have much to explore.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Sometimes, it was described as fantastical, depicting unrealistic and strange juxtapositions, as though the black people in his paintings had wandered into a genre or set of conditions totally discordant with what the viewer considered their actual reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Young placed an accurate pass to McMillan on a slant route, but the ball bounced off McMillan’s hands and floated into the mitts of Cowboys safety Donovan Wilson for an interception.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Oct. 2025
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From that starting spot, though, McKennie ran or floated into just about every zone in the attacking half.—
Henry Bushnell,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Originally from Asheville, North Carolina, Forsberg has been kicking around Pittsburgh for a hair more than a decade now.—
Wilder Davies,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
13 Oct. 2025
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Of course, that’s not the only hack kicking around this week.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Mill (about or around).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mill%20%28about%20or%20around%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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