quarrying

present participle of quarry

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mining
Verb
  • China accounts for nearly 70% of the world's rare earths mining and controls roughly 90% of their global processing.
    NPR, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Citizens broke ground on the DigIndy project in 2013 and started with mining the tunnel system, which was broken up into different sections.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarrying. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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