MILL (ABOUT OR AROUND) Synonyms: 28 Similar Words

mill (about or around)

verb

Definition of mill (about or around)

as in to knock (about)

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Two years back, Van Buren took over as Mississippi State’s starter in late September, meandering through a difficult 1-8 stretch with 11 touchdowns, seven interceptions and a lot of true-freshman lessons.

— Noah White, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Throngs of guests dined, shopped and meandered through the upscale mall over the weekend, bringing life to the shuttered complex that sat vacant for 19 months due to the devastating Palisades fire.

— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of meander

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Restrictions on energy, electricity or critical minerals, something Ford also floated, could instead raise costs for American companies and consumers by making key inputs more expensive or harder to obtain.

— Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The soda bottles sat atop floating coasters that carried the drinks across the food truck counter and dropped them into a slot so customers could retrieve them below.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of float

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The fantasy of a cultural architecture that’s as flexible as culture itself has been kicking around for more than 100 years, and there’s something obscurely disappointing about seeing a technocratic version get put into practice.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 29 July 2026
Within the venue gates but outside the stands, groups of friends were playing cornhole and having picnic dinners from food trucks parked onsite; older attendees were chatting and kids were kicking around mini soccer balls.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 7 July 2026

Definition of kick around

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Closer to home, Roman will monitor small variations in light from stars near the center of the Milky Way galaxy in order to infer the presence of rogue planets drifting between the stars.

— Don Figer, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
The other was drifting toward akolasia without noticing the drift.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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mill (about or around)

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