as in to grind
to reduce to fine particles a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times
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Recent Examples of mill
Andy Morrison, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Contreras' grandfather and uncles worked on the railroad while her father worked at the steel mills, and her mother owned a beauty shop. —Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 That’s thanks to a blend of Brazilian clays finely-milled into powders which blend easily into roots (even on darker hair colors). —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mill
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Little mill with a big job About four miles south of Mackinaw City near the Lake Huron shoreline, a small sawmill tucked into the North Woods once had a big impact on Mackinac Island. —Andy Morrison, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026 Contreras' grandfather and uncles worked on the railroad while her father worked at the steel mills, and her mother owned a beauty shop. —Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
As the budget reading began, lawmakers ate dinner, sat on the balcony outside the House chamber and milled about in the chamber. —Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 9 Apr. 2026 That’s thanks to a blend of Brazilian clays finely-milled into powders which blend easily into roots (even on darker hair colors). —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mill
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In 1926, Central Needle Trades High School was established to teach people factory work.— Chris Wragge, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Despite the announcement, protests have continued across several industrial pockets in the region, with more than half of factories reportedly shut during the early part of the week.— Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Bodies in motion are intercut with a bespoke gun factory’s grinding gears; human combats are juxtaposed with VR imagery or first-person shooter games.— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
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That willingness to grind, Jassy argued, is what separates the people who move up from those who stall out.— Preston Fore, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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Here's what to know about using a bar of soap to protect your tomato plants in the garden.— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
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The former Exide Technologies plant in Vernon melted down pallets of lead-acid car batteries in blast furnaces for nearly a century, blanketing up to 10,000 nearby properties with toxic dust, according to state officials.— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
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Workers and technicians are hammering away in preparation for the return of Blue Man Group to Orlando, right down to the placement and pounding of PVC pipes, one of the ensemble’s distinctive musical instruments.— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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Moisés Ballesteros, Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ homered, and the Chicago Cubs handed the Mets their ninth straight loss, pounding New York 12-4 on Friday.— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
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The Club also is home to the Huakaʻi Outfitters shop.— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2026
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On Monday, April 20, Elite Sports Cards in Chicago was broken into in a smash-and-grab heist resulting in the loss of $100,000 of merchandise, Ronnie Holloway, the owner of the sports card shop told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV.— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026
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The report found that while the forward section was heavily crushed, the passenger cabin remained largely intact, with most seats still secured and only minor damage reported throughout much of the aircraft.— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
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This might be one time when Netflix’s credit-crushing auto-play jump to other content is a blessing.— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026
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His face and arms are mysteriously darkened, as if powdered with soot, but somehow—and this is the first of a dozen quirks in the painting—his white shirt is in near-mint condition.— Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
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Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid.— Emily Longeretta, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
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Davis and the other man cornered Pierre against a fence, where they were filmed beating the teen as dozens of bystanders stood by recording the attack.— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
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In the first week of Q1 earnings calls, 49 companies reported results and 76% of them beat earnings estimates, according to Bank of America’s Savita Subramanian.— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
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“Mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/mill. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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