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Chris -- 2025-05-10
A common word substituted for a slightly less common one. Grist is what goes into a mill; grits come out. Examples:
never cool off: maintain mindfulness all day, throughout the events of the day. All elements of conscious activity are grits for the mill.
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Along with her brethren in radio DJ Supa Sam, Drea-Drea uses what it is to be an artist in today’s entertainment industry as grits for the mill.
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There are definitely grits for the mill in his story!
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I know that it is grits for the mill, but not all Christians believe in an eternal hell where people will suffer for eternity.
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that was an excellent Presentation and A lot OF grits for the mill.
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