grist

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Recent Examples of grist For Ephron, any experience, no matter how silly or tragic, was grist for the mill. Ariela Gittlen, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024 Dunlap’s recovery was grist for Replacements members Paul Westerberg, Tommy Stinson and Chris Mars to reunite under their name the first time in more than 20 years to lead the Songs for Slim benefit album. Spin Staff, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024 The grist mill will be relocated to the Carroll County Farm Museum. Jeffrey F. Bill, Baltimore Sun, 3 Dec. 2024 The impertinence of the Kodak fiend has become a vast, invisible apparatus of computation that is perpetually grinding data from the grist of our daily affairs, and exploiting such information for all sorts of ends. Ben Tarnoff, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grist 
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Noun
  • Generally, these wines are run-of-the mill, produced in bulk, and inexpensively priced.
    Anna Lee C. Iijima, Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
  • And so what commenced was effectively oligarchs’ purchasing independent media outlets in bulk and then donating those outlets to a purportedly independent foundation called KESMA, and on the board of KESMA are all of the Fidesz party loyalists.
    Lulu Garcia-Navarro, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her lasting legacy is one of style, yes, but also substance—something that demands thoughtful, measured tribute, not mimicry.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Environmental factors, like growing up with substance use and mental health problems, instability due to a household member being incarcerated or growing up in a household with parental separation, can also impact children’s brain development and decision-making.
    Rachel Hale, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • To mitigate unnecessary risk for your company, also ensure that compliance is a part of the consideration.
    Forrester, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Thus, due consideration leads to the conclusion that Austin should be overruled.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Many of these genes code for proteins involved in hormonal or metabolic pathways (sequence of reactions in which one substance converts to another) that are the basis for PCOS symptoms.
    Laura Young, Verywell Health, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Share [Findings] The Journal of Pediatric Genetics retracted a study on Islamic beliefs concerning the possible supernatural causes of birth defects on the grounds that the research lacked a scientific basis.
    Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • What to know as Trump talks mass deportations January 21, 2025 12:25 PM This story was originally published January 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM.
    Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 22 Jan. 2025
  • These include deploying the military to the border, implementing bans on travel and asylum and planning mass deportations.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His version was a mission toward equality as a staple in our industrialized commercial systems, as well as equity in our local and national policies.
    Doug Melville, Forbes, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The oak is one of the Tongva people’s sacred plants; its acorns are a staple in traditional meals.
    Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Goldman Sachs initiates ResMed as buy Goldman says the sleep apnea company has robust fundamentals.
    Michael Bloom, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The basic fundamentals of leadership start with being present.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Her show at Hauser & Wirth in Chelsea is a body of work made in response to this bewildering kernel of human-and-galactic history.
    Zoë Hopkins, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Late November meant harvest season on the reservation, and the driver offloaded yellow corn kernels, gathered from the nearby fields, into the grain silos before pulling his big rig away.
    Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 30 Dec. 2024

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“Grist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grist. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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