1
: the process or business of working mines
2
: the activity or process of searching through large amounts of information for specific data or patterns
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Redford's activism included campaigns against mining projects in Alaska and nuclear waste disposal in New Mexico.
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Tech hardware, semiconductors, and software stocks outperformed, while banks, insurance, energy, metals, mining, and autos lagged.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The technique offers three major benefits – shrinking waste piles, cutting emissions, and reducing demand for new bauxite mining.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Victorian architecture here dates back to the 1800s, when Cambria was a busy mining town.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Parry
amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Tech hardware, semiconductors, and software stocks outperformed, while banks, insurance, energy, metals, mining, and autos lagged.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The technique offers three major benefits – shrinking waste piles, cutting emissions, and reducing demand for new bauxite mining.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Victorian architecture here dates back to the 1800s, when Cambria was a busy mining town.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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