as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles
the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand
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Recent Examples of mull
Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Reopening the shelter Anali Otazo, program manager at Teresa’s Place, mulled over upping nutritional values of meals during dinner preparations on a recent hot Thursday afternoon.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
The German beer tent, live polka music and mulled wine that visitors have come to love in the Wauwatosa Village over the holidays will have to wait until next year.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump has mulled having Miran step in to finish Cook's term, which is set to end in early 2038.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Senate Republicans met Thursday afternoon to discuss their next steps forward and are mulling a proposal to vote first on the Senate Democratic stopgap funding measure.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Reopening the shelter Anali Otazo, program manager at Teresa’s Place, mulled over upping nutritional values of meals during dinner preparations on a recent hot Thursday afternoon.
—Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
The German beer tent, live polka music and mulled wine that visitors have come to love in the Wauwatosa Village over the holidays will have to wait until next year.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Trump has mulled having Miran step in to finish Cook's term, which is set to end in early 2038.
—Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mull
Verb
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And so, to Paris, where the tectonic plates of a historic reshuffling of creative directors is grinding into place.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
2 Oct. 2025
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The songwriting process for the album’s breakout hit started with the track’s grinding post-chorus breakdown, which Walter had created on a whim.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Try dishes such as the guava duff, a steamed pudding slathered in a rum sauce, or johnnycake, Bahamian-style without the cornmeal, with a slab or two of salt fish.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
4 Aug. 2025
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Overwintering fires continue through winter by smoldering in forest duff and peat underground, only to start up again in the spring.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
Verb
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The service itself pulsed with sound with horns blaring, drums pounding and voices rising in song.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Diego Morales Morales pounded pavement over the 12-month period, racking up $10,116 in fuel expenses alone traveling to various counties for meetings and events.—
Kayla Dwyer,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Without an excavation to remove the sediment, the open-water area will eventually be replaced by a marsh and then a meadow.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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The drilling project encountered issues, including sediment washing into a wetland and a borehole being left unfilled.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The drop in the currency has been driven in part by concerns over Milei’s political support ahead of key midterm elections later this month following a crushing defeat in a local vote in Buenos Aires province in early September.—
Nicolle Yapur,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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Pinochet promptly reimbursed foreign mining companies, invited in foreign investors, and crushed domestic miners’ unions, moves with long-term ramifications.—
Scott W. Stern,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Because of the weir, the 220-acre lagoon can’t flow freely to the ocean and is slowly filling with silt and reeds.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Sep. 2025
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When high tides arrive, water brings silt into the bay.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Corporate earnings continue to beat expectations, providing enough fuel for the market rally to continue at least until investors parse through third quarter earnings results in the coming months, Teal said.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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The rest—including in May 2023, when Nvidia had the biggest positive earnings surprise a company has ever delivered, beating expectations handily and then offering a quarterly revenue forecast that was $4 billion above expectations—is history.—
Jim Cramer,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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When breaking down what the heck happened over the last four months, the first item on the list is the way New York’s starting rotation disintegrated.—
Tim Britton,
New York Times,
30 Sep. 2025
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Her life starts to disintegrate as she becomes embroiled in the world of The Worrall Family.—
Nancy Tartaglione,
Deadline,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Mull.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mull. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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