Thesaurus results for MULLING

mulling

verb

present participle of mull

as in grinding

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 mulling This fourth full-length from the London jazz quintet traverses Black diasporic sound traditions — grime, reggae, Afrobeat — mulling over the question of how music so joyous can be rooted in histories of pain. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2026 When mulling on who would star in this campaign, actor Zoey Deutch was a first choice for both brands. — Angela Tafoya, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2026 Bloomberg reported last month that Chinese authorities are mulling a bid to host the UN climate summit in 2028. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The high note Giuliani left office on — after mulling avenues to stay in office past the limitation — burnished his public profile with lucrative results, said his 1993 campaign press secretary Ken Frydman. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026 Right now, Congress is mulling whether to renew the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015, which seemingly is the sole legal basis allowing AI firms to share information with the government through GOLD EAGLE, the complaint said. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026 Across Europe, the director noted, governments are mulling whether the continent’s work-life balance needs to be reconsidered. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 If reelected, Luxon is seeking to make his government the latest worldwide to enact age restrictions for social media platforms after dozens of countries have either introduced or are mulling such measures. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026 SoFi was already mulling an entry into college sports sponsorship. — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

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Early in-person voting opened Friday in Virginia and other states, launching a six-week sprint that will decide control of Congress amid a grinding Iran war and soaring living costs.

— Ali Swenson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
The staff was washing meat cutting and grinding equipment and skipping the sanitizer step.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of grinding

Verb

The deaths came amid late-season monsoon storms pounding the Navajo Nation, damaging roads, inundating remote communities and prompting a state of emergency.

— Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
With styles rooted in Texas, Kansas City, North Carolina and Memphis, barbecue often elicits table-pounding opinions.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of pounding

Verb

Oakley and Reid lean so heavily into Elinor and Marianne’s crushing disappointments and the forces holding them back in a period of vast gender inequity, that their sorrows shove the characters’ more captivating qualities to the side.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Merz quashed talk within the press and his own party about his possible resignation despite Sunday's losses for his party just two weeks after a crushing defeat in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.

— Esme Nicholson, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of crushing

Verb

Data from the firm shows that, from 1991 through 2025, firms trading at more than 20 times earnings have a mixed track record at delivering inflation-beating returns over the subsequent 10 years.

— Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
And amazingly, though perhaps not surprisingly, Zverev has been able to collect those two trophies without beating either Alcaraz or Sinner all year.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026