steel mill
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of steel mill
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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It’s the difference between building a steel mill, and betting on whether or not a steel mill gets built.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
On the demand side, steel mill restarts have boosted hot metal output, alongside a seasonal pickup in apparent steel demand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
One woman who worked at a berry farm before the steel mill opened told him “as soon as that plant fired up … everything died.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Born in 1982 in the industrial town of Braddock, Pa., a short distance from Pittsburgh and the site of Andrew Carnegie’s first steel mill, she picked up a camera in her teens.
From New York Times • May 23, 2024
His father worked at the Fairfield Works, a steel mill in Birmingham.
From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry
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