quarrying
noun
quar·ry·ing
ˈkwȯr-ē-iŋ 
ˈkwär-
: the business, occupation, or act of extracting useful material (such as building stone) from quarries
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Employers in the health care, retail and social assistance industries added new hires last month, although employment declined in mining, quarrying and the oil and gas extraction industries, the BLS said on Friday.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
What To Know According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, gains were made in health care, retail trade and social assistance, while the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector experienced a decline.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Mining, quarrying and the oil and gas extraction industry shed the most jobs.
—Ahtra Elnashar, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
Employment declines in mining and quarrying and the oil and gas extraction industries were particularly notable.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2025
What To Know According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, gains were made in health care, retail trade and social assistance, while the mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector experienced a decline.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Mining, quarrying and the oil and gas extraction industry shed the most jobs.
—Ahtra Elnashar, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2025
Employment declines in mining and quarrying and the oil and gas extraction industries were particularly notable.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/quarrying. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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