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

Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 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 To help textile mills assess the impact of their headers, Fabscrap also developed a Smart Swatch Scorecard, which assigns header designs a grade, based on the number of components and the relative ease of disassembling them. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2026 The wars caused massive destruction of religious and civic buildings, mills and mines, housing, crops, herds and transport infrastructure, damaging prosperity and forcing some people to move or starve. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026 The team modeled energy demand profiles for 34 ammonia synthesis plants, nine steel mills, 47 oil refineries, and nearly 1,000 manufacturing sites using process heat. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026 Unregulated textile factories, iron and steel mills, and Coca-Cola production and chemical plants spewed pollution into the air and water well into the mid-20th century. — Daliah Singer, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 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

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Noun

Officials want compact plants that hook directly into factories and server farms.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
As music factories and generative tools take over entry-level work, newcomers risk losing a vital foothold in the industry.

— Ben Croll, Variety, 16 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

That question motivated Clark to better understand aging among plants and animals and to look for hints to extend humans' lifespan.

— KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
In the afternoon the group toured Sierra College’s mechatronics program, which blends electronics, mechanics and computer control to prepare workers for highly technical equipment, like that used in semiconductor plants.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

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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

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In the southern port city of Marseille, some shops and a municipal police station were damaged, while protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall.

— SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
Restaurants, grocery stores and shops depend on deliveries, yet too many commercial corridors lack adequate loading zones.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of shops

Verb

And The Studio creator claims the film is not only better than Obsession, but that Barker crushes his major feature film on-camera debut.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
Detailed in the script, Carrie crushes the spewing water pipes with her mind, but the folks manning the on-and-off switches aren’t yet in sync.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of crushes

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Brunson beats defenders with skill and not size, relying on footwork, fakes and spins that create angles to get his shot off against taller defenders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Mount Union beats Marietta 57-0 for its 100th consecutive regular-season victory.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026