QUARRYING Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

quarrying

verb

Definition of quarrying

present participle of quarry

as in mining

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mining

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The same technology could be applied to mining rare-earth minerals from the seafloor—materials used in wind turbines, solar farms, and electric vehicles.

— Brett Berk, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2026
With no new graphics cards on the horizon from either Nvidia or AMD and the prices of existing cards rising ever higher, modders have been mining the back-catalog of Nvidia products to come up with something more capable.

— Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 18 Aug. 2026

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quarrying

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