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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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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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The Holdingford Mill is getting help from other mills to make sure their customers are getting their feed on time. —

John Lauritsen, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026 In all, lining up the funding to thoroughly remove asbestos, PCBs and other contaminants from the three primary mills — Daniel’s, Amerbelle and Anocoil — and two smaller connected buildings has taken a decade. —

Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2026 Gutiérrez, born in Costa Rica, said his family owned two sugar mills in Cuba that no longer exist because they were dismantled by the government. —

Sarah Moreno updated April 1, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2026 Many of the farms and mills welcome visitors to discover the native Lianolia Kerkyra olive tree, which is special. —

Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026 While there have been wild names thrown out by rumor mills and bet on online, there might not be a bigger (or wilder) name than Brad Stevens. —

Tyler Erzberger, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 The presence of Franco-Americans in the area can be traced back to 1840-1930, when nearly one million Francophone people emigrated from Quebec where farmlands were depleted and jobs scarce, to work in textile mills in New England. —

Vivian Song, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026 Puppy mills, meanwhile, sell their dogs through different means. —

Ed Sayres, Denver Post, 29 Mar. 2026 The town is also a logistics hub, with good freeway and railroad access, and nearby mills that could supply Guardian with steel, a key ingredient for building bike frames. —

Scott Horsley, NPR, 29 Mar. 2026

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Teams will use the five-week gap between the races in Japan and Miami to knuckle down at their factories and develop car upgrades that could boost their fortunes upon returning to the track in May.

— Luke Smith, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Multiple Iranian warplanes, helicopters and other equipment were destroyed, along with military installations and missile factories.

— Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026