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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quarrying
mining
Verb
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Glencore has been mining in South Africa for nearly four decades, operating multiple coal and ferroalloys plants across three provinces.—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
In a world where TV ratings are like mining for gold with a small pickaxe, the NFL dominates.—
Howard Homonoff,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarrying. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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