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silo

[sahy-loh] / ˈsaɪ loʊ /




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Damon, Bernthal and up to 25 others crammed into the dank vessel and clung to its cross beams as cold water pumped in and the silo rocked.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

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

In a not-too-distant future when the world has been laid waste by some toxic substance that renders the air poisonous, humanity has been forced underground, into a self-sustaining silo.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 30, 2025

And then all that was left was that tin roof, halfway covering the gaping entrance of the silo.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Towriss was questioned about "blame culture and people forming silos".

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

“People get out of their silos and live the way people used to live, which was more intergenerationally,” Steinig said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

An existing desalination plant with large white silos on Vulcano, one of the archipelago's eight islands, has made it autonomous for drinking water.

From Barron's Jul. 13, 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

Lefty could see die train tracks now, the huge silos along the river, the giant spice box of coal, coke, and iron ore, and the catwalks stretching overhead like giant spiders.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

One place where information is siloed is in private meetings or workplace chat channels like Slack.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The report also highlighted a "siloed way of working" described by some families between the bereavement service, mortuary and funeral directors.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

These programs are siloed, with no coherent, connecting strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal May 11, 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

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

Rather than siloing, say, the Navy’s information from the Army’s, their intelligence will be hooked into one big brain to allow coordination and protect assets.

From Salon Dec. 6, 2023

I’ve noticed this siloing rising in my own life — especially since my family’s run through Seattle public schools ended during the pandemic.

From Seattle Times Jul. 15, 2023

Holistic defense involves more collaboration within defense teams, rather than a strict siloing of roles.

From Slate May 1, 2023

Since the early 2000s, Piper has refused to let her work be included in all-Black shows, arguing that such siloing further marginalizes Black artists.

From New York Times Sep. 16, 2022




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