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as in repository
an abundant source
a baseball fanatic who is a mine of fascinating trivia about the game
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Recent Examples of mine
Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin mines, Saudi deals, a luxury jet—since his first term, Trump and his family have been accused of brazen profiteering through a wide range of schemes.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Kevin Green, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
As a parent, I’m outraged by the idea of our school system giving tech companies free rein to experiment on our children in order to train their AI models or mine their personal data.
—Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Noun
These projects take decades to go from conception to operational; investors want to mine minerals that are cheap enough to be widely available (and therefore used in mass-market products), but expensive enough to make the new venture profitable.
—Alexander C. Kaufman, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2025
Bitcoin mines, Saudi deals, a luxury jet—since his first term, Trump and his family have been accused of brazen profiteering through a wide range of schemes.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
Just days later, an application was filed—the world's first—to commercially mine the global seabed for minerals, including manganese, nickel, copper, and cobalt.
—Kevin Green, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Aug. 2025
As a parent, I’m outraged by the idea of our school system giving tech companies free rein to experiment on our children in order to train their AI models or mine their personal data.
—Liat Olenick, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mine
Noun
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Unlike traditional data warehouses, lakehouses support diverse, large-scale datasets—including unstructured formats—within one repository.—
Abhik Sengupta,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Through the not-for-profit plasmid repository Addgene, PROTEUS will be available to any lab worldwide with the appropriate infrastructure, virology training, and skills in molecular biology.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
27 July 2025
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They were taught to ride motorcycles and either shoot their targets at close range or plant explosives on their vehicles.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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After Loeb translated the book, the Allies were able to deactivate explosives concealed in the bridge, enabling soldiers to cross the Rhine River into Germany.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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The green and whites play excellent attacking soccer and with Isco pulling the strings there is always a chance Betis could upset a big club.—
Vitas Carosella,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Cardi also dropped a trailer for the album, showing her inside a house as crows swarm and attack her mansion.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
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General oversaturation of the country’s marijuana market is causing similar pullbacks in other states previously seen as gold mines for legal cannabis sellers, like California.—
The Detroit News,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Other pits around the Americas have served up paleontological gold mines of their own.—
Ian Rose,
JSTOR Daily,
23 July 2025
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The devastation of the two bombs coupled with the threat of a full-scale Allied invasion set Japan on the path to surrender.—
Jason Rossi,
The Enquirer,
9 Aug. 2025
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Trump also highlighted the stories of valor of other Purple Heart recipients, including Army Spc. Kevin Jensen whose Humvee was hit by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan in 2008.—
MEG KINNARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
8 Aug. 2025
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Fortunately, Abercrombie is a treasure trove of the season’s hottest looks at prices that can still fit your budget.—
Kelsey Stewart,
Glamour,
14 Aug. 2025
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After all, your email is a treasure trove of useful data that can be employed in further attacks.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Some enterprising Viet Cong had defused this and turned into a booby trap detonatable by wires from brush a few hundred feet away.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
27 July 2025
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Last month gangs burned or confiscated at least a half-dozen armored carriers belonging to the police and the mission after setting booby traps and catching cops off guard.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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Clinton Brink was first ambushed by McGann, police said, and after witnessing the attack, Cristen Brink ran away with her daughters, ages 7 and 9.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
14 Aug. 2025
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After his team, The Opps, successfully defended their Trios Titles, they were ambushed by the Death Riders faction.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Mine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mine. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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