mine
pronoun
a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective.
are mining
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present progressiveof mine.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"Many of the affected areas are mining towns with highly mobile and transient populations. This mobility increases risk as people move between communities and across borders," says Lang.
From BBC ● May 17, 2026
You are mining it all for the character work, so you’ve got to find it, but I don’t need to then infect my own children with it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2025
“Large botnets today tend to implode as too many threat actors are mining this data for various types of abuse.”
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 29, 2023
He has never understood why so many N.B.A. players share their off-season workouts on social media, because he knows opposing players — like himself — are mining those clips for information.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
The principal manufactures are mining pumps and machinery, flour, woollen goods, lumber and furniture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
