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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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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 concierge organizes a variety of excursions that range from chugging along the countryside roads in a vintage Citroën to visits to olive oil mills and vineyards. —

Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 Denim mills are showing their support for Lenzing’s Tencel Lyocell – HV100 in a meaningful way for F/W 27-28. —

Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 3 June 2026 Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the draw for sober-curious visitors is the grain mills, fermentation tanks, barrel rickhouses and bottling lines — compelling whether or not a glass ever leaves the counter. —

Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 28 May 2026 Along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, the grain mills, fermentation tanks, barrel rickhouses and bottling lines are genuinely compelling without ever touching a glass. —

Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2026 Lumber mills are major sources of combustible dust. —

ABC News, 26 May 2026 They are sometimes also referred to as content mills. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 May 2026 If it is treated as a disciplined effort to combine security guarantees, infrastructure renewal, governance reform, and private capital, then Ukraine’s farms, mills, mines, and energy system could become more than symbols of resilience. —

Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026 Suitsupply, a European men’s suit company known for Italian fabrics from mills like Larusmiani and Vitale Barberis Canonico, is also expected to open this year. —

Charlotte Observer, 7 May 2026

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Depicting newsrooms, farms, factories and street life, the Depression‑era scenes transform the tower into a time capsule of California during the Great Depression.

— Alia Beard Rau, USA Today, 10 June 2026
For many years, Spielberg had planned a film adaptation of Thomas Kenneally’s 1982 historical novel, Schindler’s Ark, about a German businessman who saved hundreds of Jews from the Holocaust by keeping them working in his factories.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 June 2026