miner
noun
a person who works in a mine, especially a commercial mine producing coal or metallic ores.
miners
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pluralof miner.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Ramelius’s stock is down 1.7% at 3.675 Australian dollars, broadly in line with stock movements of other Australian gold miners.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz closure has forced Asian countries to buy more coal as an alternative to disrupted gas supplies, analysts and miners said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
Burkina Faso's government says the new plant should eventually be capable of refining all the gold produced by both its industrial mines and artisanal miners.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Once little more than a dirt path used by prospecting gold miners, it later became one of the country’s first pedestrian-only promenades when the city closed it off to traffic in the 1970s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
While drinking a bottle of pop Mr. Todd brought me, I watched the miners go through their routine of coming and going.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
