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 series premiering on Starz is, more than anything else, blandly familiar, mining all the tropes of several popular genres without finding anything distinctive in the combination.

— Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 July 2026
Charcoal production was essential for mining ore in the Harz Mountains.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026

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quarrying

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