as in bulk
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Recent Examples of grist
My encounters with dancing baseball players and rotating snow brooms were not grist for the mill of public discussion; this experience was unique to me.
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Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
This association has haunted the process of telling Robert’s story, threatening to make of his suffering a narrow allegory, grist for political milling.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
Greeting guests out front is a historic bell that had once hung at Tom’s grandfather’s grist mill in Greenville, Georgia.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
For Ephron, any experience, no matter how silly or tragic, was grist for the mill.
—Ariela Gittlen, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2025
This association has haunted the process of telling Robert’s story, threatening to make of his suffering a narrow allegory, grist for political milling.
—Michelle Orange, Harper's Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
Greeting guests out front is a historic bell that had once hung at Tom’s grandfather’s grist mill in Greenville, Georgia.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 3 Jan. 2025
For Ephron, any experience, no matter how silly or tragic, was grist for the mill.
—Ariela Gittlen, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grist
Noun
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Purchasing some of the many consumer goods imported from China—from toys to machinery parts—is probably one of the few areas customers can buy in bulk to avoid the potentially long-term consequences of these tariffs.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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Not quite as much as Victoria Secret’s push-up, but a close second with less bulk to the actual bra.—
Brigitt Earley,
Glamour,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This breakdown in the barrier then lets in outside substances and microbes, and the immune system goes wild.—
Alison Escalante,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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In order to accomplish this, there must be a major temperature difference between the substance itself and its environment.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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Bellas said the parks department would take Thursday’s public comments into consideration.—
Emma Hall,
Sacramento Bee,
1 Mar. 2025
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Ong, 79, also consented to have a second charge taken into consideration for the purposes of sentencing at a court hearing scheduled on April 2, according to a statement from Hotel Properties, in which the tycoon serves as managing director.—
Jonathan Burgos,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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Operating profit, meanwhile, soared 49.5% and 55% on a reported and underlying basis respectively, to £2.9 million and £2.5 billion.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Losses per share widened to 64 cents on a diluted basis, from 3 cents in the year-earlier quarter.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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The full extent of the cuts won't be known until after the Tuesday night deadline for a mass firing largely carried out by email that's likely to dramatically reshape the government's health workforce.—
Adriel Bettelheim,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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This is the first cash reward since 2019, before the Covid-19 crisis forced the mass grounding of the world’s commercial airlines.—
Royston Wild,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Read: the day-to-night staple your travel wardrobe has been missing.—
Genevieve Cepeda,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Mar. 2025
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Showing that beans never go out of style and always offer major bang for your buck, soup beans (an Appalachian staple) is another reader-favorite childhood meal.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
9 Mar. 2025
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Along with Adames and Chapman exhibiting the fundamentals, San Francisco’s offense featured its share of fireworks.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
28 Feb. 2025
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While Lewis acknowledges the differences between coaching in the pros and college, the fundamentals remain the same.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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As the exploit targets core Linux kernel USB drivers, the impact is not limited to a particular device or vendor and could affect a very wide range of devices.—
Dan Goodin,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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But that kernel of an idea saved Suits from becoming a forgettable case-of-the-week procedural.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Grist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grist. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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