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Term: Miners

Description:

Miners refer to individuals or groups involved in the extraction of valuable minerals or resources from the earth. This term can have both literal and figurative meanings, representing both the people engaged in mining activities and those who painstakingly search for information or anything valuable.

Possible Related Products:

• Mining Equipment
• Mining Hat
• Mining Magazine

Senses and Usages:

Sense 1 - Noun:

- A person whose occupation is to extract minerals or other valuable resources from the earth.

- Many miners risk their lives daily to bring essential metals to the market.

Sense 2 - Noun:

- A group of people working together in a mine, extracting minerals or valuable resources.

- The team of miners discovered a new vein of gold deep underground.

Sense 3 - Noun (Figurative):

- A person or group of people who diligently search for valuable or useful information, often through extensive research or investigation.

- Historical researchers are like miners, uncovering hidden stories from the past.

- The journalist acted as a miner, sifting through documents to expose the truth.

Sense 4 - Verb:

- To search or delve deeply and diligently into something, typically for information or valuable materials.

- The detective mined through the suspect's phone records to find evidence.

Sense 5 - Verb (Figurative):

- To extract or obtain valuable or useful material or information from a source.

- The comedian skillfully mined social media for hilarious anecdotes.

- The author mined her own life experiences for inspiration in her novels.