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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Process configuration mining tells you every possible path that users could take based on their permissions.
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Ian Gotts, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
There's no evidence that deep-sea mining would prevent terrestrial mining.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 June 2025
Firms in mining and energy are among those foregoing dividend payments.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
However, our hesitation with cryptocurrency, highlighted by the 2022 mining moratorium, has put us at risk of ceding ground to states that recognize digital assets as vital to economic progress.
—Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
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Ian Gotts, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
There's no evidence that deep-sea mining would prevent terrestrial mining.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 5 June 2025
Firms in mining and energy are among those foregoing dividend payments.
—Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 May 2025
However, our hesitation with cryptocurrency, highlighted by the 2022 mining moratorium, has put us at risk of ceding ground to states that recognize digital assets as vital to economic progress.
—Jeremy Cooney, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mining
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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