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What is another word for open pit?

Pronunciation: [ˈə͡ʊpən pˈɪt] (IPA)

An open pit mine is a type of mining operation that involves the excavation of a surface or shallow mineral deposit. Synonyms for open pit include surface mine, strip mine, quarry, opencast mine, and surface workings. These terms refer to the same type of mining operation but may be used in different regions or by different industries. Open pit mining is often used to extract minerals such as coal, gold, or copper and can have a significant impact on the environment. Understanding the various synonyms for open pit can help to compare and contrast mining operations and their impact on the surrounding ecosystem.
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  • Tom Strong and the rest of the ABC bunch leave me cold for a lot of reasons. First—and I realize this is purely subjective, but what isn’t?—I find a smugness, a condescension that reads to me as nostalgia being done by someone who is not in the least bit nostalgic. Almost as if Moore sits down to write and flips his brain 180°, so he’s not really writing what he feels or what he likes, just the exact opposite of what he would usually write.Also, there is the whole pastiche/homage/whatever thing. I find this really annoying. Not just when Moore does it. I can look back on elements of my own work and be annoyed at myself for going down that path. I only did it on rare occasions, tho. Moore has turned it into a career. So much so, that in the post- era I have trouble calling to mind much that he has done that was not based on someone else’s previous work. I am not the most original guy on the block, but at least when I do Superman, I do Superman.I suppose a lot of this could simply be the bad taste his earlier work left for me. All that tearing down and “deconstructionism.” All that revealing of the flaws and feet of clay, not a bit of which has served the industry in any positive way, and, in fact, has left huge scars across it, like the ones left in the landscape by open pit mining.
    John Byrne

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