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silo

[sahy-loh] / ˈsaɪ loʊ /




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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

My main issue with Dekoda was that the info existed in a silo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

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

Since this story starts centuries after the original inhabitants enter the bunker, she says, “Everything within the silo is essentially, when we come to it, reused, recycled and quite a bespoke make.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2025

Far below, cows speckled the rolling pastures, their shadows stretching toward the silo.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older




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