minding

Example Sentences

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“He wasn’t minding the shop” as state attorney general, Mahan said, pointing to fraudulent unemployment and hospice claims early in the COVID-19 pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026

A related worry is that all this minding the social consequences of our choices can lead to virtue signaling.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

Present everywhere, committed to nothing, minding its own business and making money from all sides.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Who knows if they’ll be minding the store at all?

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

“Then do your work and stop minding grown folks’ business.”

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake