granular

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Meanwhile, racism and discrimination must be treated as a critical safety issue, the inquiry found, requiring urgent intervention including gathering granular data on unequal outcomes that is escalated to board level when patterns emerge.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

The result was a granular metamaterial capable of responding differently to slow movements and sudden impacts.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Humans are still better than AI at securing scarce access to company management teams and quizzing them in-person on granular aspects of the business.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

Almost as if in answer to fleeing production, an increasing number of high-profile television series have been showcasing Los Angeles on a granular level.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Ed McMillan had staged the Rad Lab’s most determined search for the isotope by propping a bottle of granular ammonium nitrate in the path of the thirty-seven-inch machine’s neutron beam for several months.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik