grist
Example Sentences
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I’m not looking for a bot to remove the grist of plotting out and writing something good.
From Slate ● May 24, 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
Restoring the restaurant has become a passion project for the writers, a journey that became grist for a documentary, “¡Casa Bonita Mi Amor!,” which streams on Paramount+.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
For added populist grist, the club is located above the Milken Institute, a think tank founded by a formerly incarcerated financier, Michael Milken, and is majority owned by Ron Burkle, a billionaire investor.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
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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