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granary

[gray-nuh-ree, gran-uh-] / ˈgreɪ nə ri, ˈgræn ə- /
NOUN
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2024

In Henan province, known as the granary of China, moderate to heavy rains are expected to continue till at least June 4.

From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2023

UK’s sarnie: Cut granary bread into triangles and add coronation chicken and lettuce.

From BBC ● May 10, 2023

All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2023

From each harvest we saved, and had gunny sacks full of the husked rice stored away in our small stone-lined granary.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya

More broadly, the world is lucky that war broke out after several bountiful harvests filled granaries, says Joseph Glauber, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026

Many of the region’s other mountain villages were abandoned, their granaries turned into tourist attractions or, in at least one case, a “Star Wars” filming location.

From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Also among the possibilities: Iceland in winter, exploring the “birthplace of tea” in China, or strolling through the sacred granaries, casbahs and feasts of Morocco, or tracking wolves in Sweden.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2022

Inventories of iron ore, coal and cotton are bulging at ports across the country and state granaries are overflowing.

From Reuters ● Nov. 18, 2014

The downtown area alone had six thousand masonry structures: homes, temples, palaces, and granaries, even an eighteen-foot-high defensive wall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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