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mining

[mahy-ning]

noun

  1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.

  2. the laying of explosive mines.

  3. Digital Technology.,  the act or process by which cryptocurrency transactions, especially bitcoin, are verified and new cryptocurrency is generated: computer networks are used to solve sets of mathematical problems, that, when solved, yield a unit of that currency.



mining

/ ˈmaɪnɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth

  2. military the process of laying mines

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mining1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “undermining (walls in an attack)”; mine 2 + -ing 1
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Example Sentences

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Department of Energy, which also announced this week that it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants.

Driving Dr Barstow's V. nat focus is he wants to see microbes used to tackle big sustainability challenges – from producing jet fuel from carbon dioxide and green electricity to mining rare earth metals.

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The adjustment from the minors to the majors was far easier than the change from the tiny mining town of Pittsburg, Kan., to the technicolor sprawl of Southern California.

Some residents said concerns had previously been raised about the development being built in a former mining area.

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Two days before the deadly demonstration on 8 September, Ms Pandey, a 24-year-old environmental campaigner, uploaded a video showing a mining site in Chure, one of the most fragile mountain ranges in the region.

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