mine
pronoun
a form of the possessive case of I used as a predicate adjective.
have mined
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present perfectof mine.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The historic release is coming as Iran claims to have mined the Strait of Hormuz, while energy giant Saudi Aramco is ramping up its efforts to ship oil via the Red Sea.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 11, 2026
By contrast, the frequently angry and bitter Saul at least has the kind of shadings that make him a worthy frenemy, and “David” could have mined more conflict from the relationship between the two.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Campaigners argue that more investment should go into recycling and reusing the existing minerals we have mined on land.
From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2024
Recent horror movies have mined, to put it terribly bluntly, the darkness of the extraction industry. 2021's "The Devil Below" is set in an Appalachian town abandoned after a coal mine fire.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2022
Yet had they dug a little ditch, and permitted the invisible terror to flow quietly downwards until its potency was dissipated by sea and air, they might have mined the whole cliff with impunity.
From The Wings of the Morning by Louis Tracy
