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[grist] / grɪst /




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By the second day, one friend was walking arm-in-arm toward the cinnamon bread grist mill with its cashier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

I’m not looking for a bot to remove the grist of plotting out and writing something good.

From Slate ● May 24, 2026

This kind of material damage isn’t just grist for the content mill of Mormon critics.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2026

The unearthing in 2018 of a charcoal inscription at Pompeii featuring a date in October has been grist to the mill of those who seek to push the eruption beyond August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

I didn’t mind the cereal if I could soak it in milk, letting the cream gather up the grist and seep into the pellets, but since the revelation we’d been having it with water.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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