quarrying

present participle of quarry

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mining
Verb
  • CoreWeave began as a crypto-mining company, a side project of a few friends who were hedge-fund traders.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The concept was so sticky and compelling, though, that others started mining histories of notorious debacles for more examples of the same.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarrying. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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