as in factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods
a steel mill that remains the town's principal employer
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as in pounds
to reduce to fine particles
a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times
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Recent Examples of mills
Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s a specific rule for oil refineries, for instance, and another for steel mills.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2026
The city now even has a breakdown of where material collected for recycling goes — glass to Wisconsin and elsewhere in Illinois, metal to Illinois and Kentucky, paper to mills in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin, cartons just to Wisconsin.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Many of the state's largest polluters such as coal plants, chemical factories and steel mills have received exemptions from the federal government this year.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
Salvador Samba, Brazil’s signature percussive genre, was born in the sugarcane mills of Salvador, the heart of Black culture in the country.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Causes of despair Despite successful interventions to shut down pill mills – clinics that prescribe opioids without a valid medical reason – and expand access to prevention and treatment, drug overdoses remain a leading cause of death.
—Kelly Chen, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
The Cadillac that helped drive Rolls-Royce to build beefier mills is up for grabs.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
The closing of textile mills, the loss of manufacturing jobs — particularly from an Oshkosh B’Gosh factory in nearby Clay County that moved to Mexico in the mid-Nineties — induced a steady contraction of the local economy.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Those qualities align with the ever-growing vintage denim market, and denim mills’ and brands’ quest to recreate worn effects.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Jan. 2026
There’s a specific rule for oil refineries, for instance, and another for steel mills.
—Lisa Song, ProPublica, 7 Jan. 2026
The city now even has a breakdown of where material collected for recycling goes — glass to Wisconsin and elsewhere in Illinois, metal to Illinois and Kentucky, paper to mills in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, and Wisconsin, cartons just to Wisconsin.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Many of the state's largest polluters such as coal plants, chemical factories and steel mills have received exemptions from the federal government this year.
—Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026
Salvador Samba, Brazil’s signature percussive genre, was born in the sugarcane mills of Salvador, the heart of Black culture in the country.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
Causes of despair Despite successful interventions to shut down pill mills – clinics that prescribe opioids without a valid medical reason – and expand access to prevention and treatment, drug overdoses remain a leading cause of death.
—Kelly Chen, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2025
The Cadillac that helped drive Rolls-Royce to build beefier mills is up for grabs.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
The closing of textile mills, the loss of manufacturing jobs — particularly from an Oshkosh B’Gosh factory in nearby Clay County that moved to Mexico in the mid-Nineties — induced a steady contraction of the local economy.
—David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mills
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Empowered by the predictive and intelligent capabilities of ERP, OEE, MES, DT and AR technologies, alongside existing smart hardware, the facility operators of today can build, optimize and benefit from the factories of tomorrow.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Jan. 2026
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The true mainstream adoption wave — warehouses, micro-factories, home services—hits in 2027 as platforms stabilize.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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There are more than 53 dairy processing plants either being built or adding capacity in the United States, representing some $10 billion of capital expenditure, Boyd said.—
Cheryl V. Jackson,
IndyStar,
9 Jan. 2026
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The good thing is, most plants native to temperate parts of the globe evolved ways to deal with the annual seasonal cycle.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Jan. 2026
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But Kingstown grinds him up through the prison riots, through being fired from his job to accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.—
Demetrius Patterson,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Jan. 2026
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But Karl-Anthony Towns and OG Anunoby mustered just two shot attempts apiece, spending their time watching idly as the Knicks offense incessantly grinds into a standstill.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Collecting plates and silverware at secondhand shops can add an heirloom element to your gatherings, even if the pieces are new to your collection.—
Jennifer Prince,
Southern Living,
10 Jan. 2026
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Unlike those spaces, the Town & Country space is in the middle of the mall’s large corridor near a UPS Store and post office and other shops.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Diaz leaving town crushes the Mets' bullpen going forward.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Dec. 2025
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And while many television shows about teenagers tend to focus on physical appearance, crushes, and drama, this series explores how the characters learn to embrace and use their own unique gifts, to work collaboratively, and solve problems that require critical thinking.—
Lynnette Nicholas,
Parents,
8 Dec. 2025
Verb
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But this has been a glorious year regardless of whether Miami beats the Indiana-Oregon winner or not.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
9 Jan. 2026
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That beats using a garage or carport.—
Glae Thien,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Mills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mills. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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