grist

Example Sentences

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Clearly, a book tour attended by The Converted is not going to produce headline-worthy grist, especially with an interviewer who is an admitted Harris friend and supporter.

From Los Angeles Times

Of course, some individual success stories became grist for upbeat media features.

From Salon

Efforts to make real Hollywood-style movies resulted in comically bad failures like “Lady Ballers,” which probably made more money for the content creators who used it as grist for their mockery mill.

From Salon

It’s rare that a punctuation mark becomes grist for the online rumor mill.

From Salon

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