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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They were found in a peat bog in northeastern Greece near the island of Thasos, an ancient hub for silver mining and metalwork.
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
In November, his approval rating was 91 percent, according to a CID Gallup poll, one of the highest in the world for a world leader — although support for him dwindled recently after his government reversed a landmark mining ban.
—Annie Correal, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
As fires rage and climate destruction grows, the Trump administration has signaled a shift to more mining and drilling, to rolling back protection for sacred sites like Bears Ears National Monument, and to rewriting the rules that govern policies like the Endangered Species Act.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
New ways of life in rural Colorado On the Western Slope, ranching and farming — along with the once-prominent mining and coal industries — have receded.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
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Ella Jeffries, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2025
In November, his approval rating was 91 percent, according to a CID Gallup poll, one of the highest in the world for a world leader — although support for him dwindled recently after his government reversed a landmark mining ban.
—Annie Correal, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
As fires rage and climate destruction grows, the Trump administration has signaled a shift to more mining and drilling, to rolling back protection for sacred sites like Bears Ears National Monument, and to rewriting the rules that govern policies like the Endangered Species Act.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
New ways of life in rural Colorado On the Western Slope, ranching and farming — along with the once-prominent mining and coal industries — have receded.
—Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Mining.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mining. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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