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
Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
How were the Michigan mill workers affected by the fungus?
—Dan Basso, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
But the dog was MIA for most of Season 6 despite the show spending a lot of time at Mel and Jack’s cabin where Pony should’ve been milling around.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Nippon Steel’s plans didn’t address burdens that communities around the mills bear, the Sierra Club’s release said.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 3 Jan. 2025
How were the Michigan mill workers affected by the fungus?
—Dan Basso, Detroit Free Press, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Then it’s rinsed, milled, aerated, and finally passed through a machine that cuts the resulting masa dough into perfect tortillas and griddles them.
—Kristen V. Brown, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
But the dog was MIA for most of Season 6 despite the show spending a lot of time at Mel and Jack’s cabin where Pony should’ve been milling around.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Her parents Angelo and Diamante both worked in the family’s shawl and embroidery factory.Luke Leitch, Vogue, 2 Jan. 2025
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Furthermore, the labor for a modern factory is also more expensive.Steven Dudash, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The variation is thought to have come from groups experimenting with food-processing techniques such as grinding wild grains into flour.Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
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Sweet, citrusy coriander seeds are ground with the anise whisper of fennel seeds, then combined with flaky sea salt and the warm-chocolate edge of Urfa chiles.Scott Hocker, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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In the Season 2 premiere of Goosebumps: The Vanishing, a tragedy 30 years prior comes back to haunt the Brewer family, as an ancient evil — and some very strange plants? — is unleashed and wreaks havoc on their Brooklyn community.Nick Caruso, TVLine, 11 Jan. 2025
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The fertilizer will sit on the leaf blades or on top of the soil surface for weeks in winter, which can damage plants.Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025
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Heavy snow pounded the district, with totals of 5-9 inches and isolated areas receiving up to 12 inches.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
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Who Has to Fix This? 14 Easy Healthy Dinners to Put on Rotation in 2025 Image A weekend of Israeli strikes on Gaza Dozens of Israeli strikes pounded the Gaza Strip over the weekend, killing 88 people in a 24-hour period, according to the Gaza health ministry.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Residents and shop owners are only beginning to come to terms with the damage.Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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The vouchers are redeemable at these shop locations: 2515 W. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank 91505 12120 Venice Blvd.Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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If employment and wages rise, or President-elect Donald Trump says mass deportations are on the horizon — which could cause mass wage inflation — the market will get crushed, especially tech stocks, Cramer continued.Julie Coleman, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
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Most of the bones were crushed and burned, reducing their potential to yield usable DNA.CBS News, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2025
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Elsewhere, her teammate Kayla powders her undereyes while in a split on the floor.Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
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In the wake of their failure to stop Obamacare, the Republican Party’s more pragmatic lawmakers wish that the Tea Party would powder their wigs, oil their single-shot muskets, and leave the governing to others.Michael Kazin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Oct. 2013
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The Rams were four days removed from defeating the Las Vegas Raiders, and the Vikings were four days removed from a 31-29 loss to the Lions, who have left opponents beat up throughout the season.Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The possibility that Trump follows through on his bitcoin reserve plans has spurred huge bitcoin price predictions from bitcoin traders and investors—with a leak revealing Russia may beat the U.S. to creating a bitcoin reserve.Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Mill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mill. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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