mining

noun

min·​ing ˈmī-niŋ 

1

: the process or business of working mines

2

: the activity or process of searching through large amounts of information for specific data or patterns

image/video mining

Examples of mining in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

More important, the notion of having U.S. mining operations on or near the border between the Ukraine and Russia, especially the bord is with its occupied Ukrainian territory, to serve as a deterrence to future military action is hardly going to appeal to most private companies. —Michael Lynch, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025

The Morgan Stanley research found that every 10% change in revenues at Rio Tinto’s Kennecott copper mining operation near Salt Lake City would impact group 2025 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) by around 1%. —Jenni Reid, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025

Its members are gold mining companies and the organization is headquartered in London. —Victor Rosario, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025

But these former coal mining areas can be considerable distances from towns. —Kristina P. Brant, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing mining

• data mining

Rhymes for mining

• dining
• fining
• lining
• pining
• seining
• shining
• signing
• twining
• vining
• whining
• aligning
• assigning

Kids Definition

mining

noun

min·​ing

ˈmī-niŋ

: the process or business of working mines