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granary

[grey-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

On Saturday, water reached warning levels and continued to rise on the Muling river in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, known as the nation's "great northern granary", the provincial hydrology office said.

From Reuters Aug. 5, 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

“Another night. I’m planning a special excursion for you tomorrow. In the afternoon I need to visit the granary, and I mean to take you with me, let you see more of the property.”

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

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

Meanwhile, milled and paddy rice stocks at government granaries of 57.82 million tonnes are more than quadruple a target of 13.54 million tonnes.

From Reuters Jun. 10, 2022

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

They could not abandon their houses, fields and granaries without grave risk of loss.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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