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, 20 Oct. 2025
Inside Ecolab, Beck is applying AI to its data to optimize the operations of its customers around the world, from steel mills to restaurants.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Providing police protection services - 4 mills/continuing period of time.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
Malone once had thriving factories and mills where residents manufactured paper, pants, and slippers, but over the decades those jobs had disappeared.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Responsible sourcing guidelines now require traceability from the very top of the supply chain, starting with farms and mills.
—Chizuru Muko, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
Similarly, mills see a shift toward fabrics with vertical slubs.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Inside Ecolab, Beck is applying AI to its data to optimize the operations of its customers around the world, from steel mills to restaurants.
—Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Providing police protection services - 4 mills/continuing period of time.
—Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2025
Malone once had thriving factories and mills where residents manufactured paper, pants, and slippers, but over the decades those jobs had disappeared.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Responsible sourcing guidelines now require traceability from the very top of the supply chain, starting with farms and mills.
—Chizuru Muko, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mills
Noun
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Any hostilities would no doubt lead many Chinese and American factories to splutter and die.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Potential uses range from surgical and drug-delivery robots to flexible machines that can assist humans in factories.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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One of Indiana's peskiest invasive plants, oriental bittersweet, was bought, sold and adored for almost 100 years in the United States before horticulturists started to raise concerns about the species.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
22 Oct. 2025
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Vegetation is exceedingly rich, with more than 2,000 species of wild plants, including more than 100 medicinal herbs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At bottom, that’s the thing that grinds my gears.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Luxe Café automatically grinds beans to the appropriate size and volume for your drink, and has a hands-free frothing system for creating hot and cold foam.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Ludlow With an array of excellent restaurants and shops, including the hip 3 Graces boutique, Ludlow is a great place to stop for at least a night.—
Megan Margulies,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Oct. 2025
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Graphic tees from pizza shops, hardware stores and other small-town businesses tap into the growing trend for localized merch.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When their cores run out of fuel, gravity crushes them inward, triggering supernovae that leave behind a neutron star or black hole.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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However, Dort’s fate is sealed after the chandelier crashes down and crushes him to death.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Double beats — where a company beats on both revenue and earnings — are happening more often, too.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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Good pitching beats good hitting.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Mills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mills. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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