granite

Example Sentences

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“We seem to be breaking records every other month,” said Jim Andre, director of the University of California’s Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Christian Parmelee Edwards, 44, was taken into custody March 19 at his home at 50730 Granite Butte Way, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Bonds of smaller companies such as infrastructure construction company Granite Construction sit beside blue-chip tech stocks like Western Digital in Turner’s portfolio.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Over the past year, Intel has retired expensive tools used to make its older generations of data center CPUs, including those from its Emerald Rapids and Granite Rapids series.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 24, 2026

Not content with their names, they take descriptive titles also—the Empire State, the Garden State, the Granite State—titles proudly borne and little given to understatement.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck