Thesaurus results for MILLS

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noun

plural of mill

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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mills

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mill

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

Noun

The area transitioned from mills and factories to vacant properties, and then to the tech-forward mix of industries, apartments, restaurants and tourist sites that are there today. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026 Of the 12 mills, seven have already made updates in wastewater treatment and five have reduced water used at the factory and domestically, resulting in a total 178,600-cubic-meter savings through December. — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2026 North American softwood lumber production has steadily declined from its 2021 peak of about 62 billion board feet to around 55 billion board feet in 2025, as high-cost mills have been forced to shutter production. — Sebastien Chasse, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026 Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars. — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026 But as the natural resource economy changed and the logging industry shrank, mills closed and jobs vanished. — Saige Miller, NPR, 11 Oct. 2026

Verb

One vendor selling products at the market is a fresh flour producer who actually mills the flour in-house. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 25 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mills

Noun

New technology will not help if American factories cannot produce it efficiently.

— Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
The system runs reliably at the high working temperatures already found inside chemical factories.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of factories

Verb

Higher prices come as Ukraine pounds Russian refineries, forcing Moscow to ban diesel exports.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
Part of the problem is that every summer, water pounds down on sidewalks in the Treasure Valley, drops rippling on glassy reflective surfaces, all because of sprinkler jets overshooting the grass and landing on pavement.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of pounds

Noun

The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

Verb

For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
The annual College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), the country’s most important academic event, grinds the nation to almost a halt to ensure the smooth administration of the exam.

— Lim Hui Jie,Miko Jang, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of grinds

Noun

The partner set to take over leadership of Weil, Gotshal & Manges has held talks to leave the firm for a rival, a move that would compound ongoing talent drain at one of Wall Street’s top dealmaking and restructuring shops.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Shopkeepers boarded up windows while others opened temporarily and endured a nervous Saturday afternoon, after around 3,000 shops were damaged or looted last weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of shops

Verb

That pulse crushes the fuel, driving its atoms to unite and release their own huge amount of energy, whose nature and effects scientists can study.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Jason fires a 3-D harpoon into the eye of Vera Sanchez (Catherine Parks), and later crushes the skull of Rick Bombay (Paul Kratka), causing his eyes to pop out.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of crushes

Verb

Outside San Antonio’s Stable Hall music venue, the Texas sun beats down on Marín and her six bandmates.

— Zoey Goto, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026
Arnold Mickens rushes for more than 200 yards for the eighth consecutive game, breaking the NCAA Division I-AA single-season rushing record as Butler beats Evansville 49-14.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026