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mill

[mil] / mɪl /




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After some trial and error, he and a local blacksmith retrofitted a hand-cranked coffee mill so that it could efficiently twist wire into uniform barbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The windswept community is home to historic mill houses and a new low-income housing complex right next to where the turbine components will be stacked and assembled.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

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

I attended a public elementary school in a small mill town in western Pennsylvania, and we had what we called “retention drills,” perhaps to make it sound less frightening.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Beyond the rich greenery of Waimea Valley, the shops and restaurants of Hale‘iwa, the old mill buildings at Waialua, there is the white shoreline that leads to Ka‘ena Point.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila




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