silo
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But those timings mean he cannot get the cereal straight to a local silo because they are not open then.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
Salesforce’s customer relationship management data only represent an isolated silo of its customers’ total footprint, Goldberg said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 22, 2026
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
The only human form with dry feet was that of Daniel Chester French’s Statue of the Republic—Big Mary—which stood hidden under a silo of canvas.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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And the more that people exist in algorithmic silos, the more likely they are to be convinced that they have a claim on things they don’t.
From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026
The test highlights China’s upgrading submarine capabilities and its broader military modernization, including new missile silos and upgraded bombers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Roblox is a social gaming platform with a young demographic, and it has decided to take the lead in estimating users’ ages, and then keeping age groups in their own silos.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
High-income tax planning here means coordinating healthcare and tax strategy, not optimizing them in silos.
From MarketWatch ● May 8, 2026
There, among more grain silos and a just-passed threat of a tornado, she twisted her ankle and tumbled onto the road, bloodying her palms and knees.
From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti
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“Social-connection policy cannot be siloed, it must be woven into the fabric of how government and communities serve people.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Television was reasonably siloed … ABC took a long time deciding because they could see that there was something about it, but in the end they passed.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2026
He argues that healthcare remains maddeningly stuck at Step 2, as practitioners struggle to connect siloed information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
She said the changes might be more subtle and gradual, depending on if the narrower data inputs of the "siloed" US version can match the app's global reach.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2025
When the refuse has been siloed for eight months, and 12 per cent. of the animal's weight is used, there will follow a slight daily increase in weight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 by Various
"One thing we often talk about is not siloing HIV and exceptionalising it," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024
The show, presented in the gentler vein of "The Great British Bake-Off," was fairly unique for featuring pastry and savory chefs competing against one another as opposed to siloing them.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2023
Parents are siloing themselves with like-minded friends, which reinforces their thinking.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2021
Having the awards themselves on Paramount+ also testifies to the siloing of audiences.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2021
Intentionally seeking out and establishing relationships with friends who eschew romantic siloing is possible and will go a long way toward making your future seem less like an open question.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2020
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