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mining
Verb
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On the back end, technologists like Leopold are consistently mining human feedback and pushing through regular updates.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
4 Feb. 2026 -
Initial talks on the future of Greenland have reportedly centered around increasing NATO’s presence in the Arctic, giving America a claim to sovereignty for bases on the island and blocking adversaries from mining its reserves of minerals.—
Austin Denean,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Quarrying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quarrying. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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