prospecting

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prospecting

verb

gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of prospect

noun prospectings

The act of one who prospects. He declared that the country was an intellectual desert; that he was famishing for spiritual aliment, and for discourse on matters beyond mere nuggets, prospectings, and the price of gold.

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@misc{prospecting_2026,
  title = {prospecting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prospecting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}