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
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
Up to 95 percent of a brand’s emissions sit outside its direct control, scattered across a messy web of suppliers, mills, logistics partners, and raw-material sources.
—Gus Bartholomew, Sourcing Journal, 3 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
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
Up to 95 percent of a brand’s emissions sit outside its direct control, scattered across a messy web of suppliers, mills, logistics partners, and raw-material sources.
—Gus Bartholomew, Sourcing Journal, 3 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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Some factories are tucked into cities, next to residential buildings and restaurants.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Drawn by its booming steel mills and factories, Black Americans were moving to industrial Pittsburgh in record numbers at the start of the 20th century.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Several tech players are already constructing private energy plants for their own use as part of their data center buildouts, so there is nothing radical about Democrats insisting on tying approvals for data centers to bearing the cost of enhancing the public grid.—
Tom Rogers,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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There, a group of KPMG staffers followed and sometimes interjected their own thoughts on the building, while workers fastened the last screws on light bulbs and organized plants strewn around the office.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 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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The nonprofit institute offers in-person, online or hybrid training and certification courses to train and certify RV service technicians to work at dealerships or own their own local shops or mobile RV service companies.—
Gidget Fuentes,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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When a Miami weapons buyer for a powerful Haitian gang inquired why the group needed the guns he had been asked to illegally purchase from South Florida shops, the response was simple.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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This Halloween, step into stories where science meets terror, where contagions kill, landscapes devour explorers, and technology crushes the human soul.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Feast your eyes on their now not-so-secret Survivor crushes below!—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When the cooler months roll around, nothing beats the hearty flavors of this classic combination.—
Josh Miller,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Snap beats revenue expectations and lifts guidance.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Mills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mills. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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