silo
Example Sentences
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They live in a silo for two, sharing their pain, icing their scars.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
During his 2005 confirmation hearings to become chief justice, Roberts described an idyllic heartland childhood lifted from a John Cougar Mellencamp song, all “endless fields” that were “punctuated by an isolated silo or a barn.”
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Some employees said an organizational silo between Suleyman’s consumer-focused team and teams working on enterprise versions has made it challenging to achieve a unified vision.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026
On June 17, in the middle of Pride Month, the Trump administration’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced that it “will no longer silo LGB+ youth services.”
From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025
I call down to Pouncey, who’s working the hand crank that keeps bucket after bucket of chain rising up the rounded side of the silo and spilling in through the opening.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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