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
McAfee, not fully grasping why people would want to drink milk that was unpasteurized, nonetheless went to his silo, filled half-gallon containers and packed them in ice chests.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
This tension, he said, was compounded by subsequent U.S. intelligence reports alleging that widespread corruption had rendered some of these missiles nonfunctional—including claims of defective silo lids.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
Without grain in the silo, jars of olive oil in the cellar, cheese in the pantry and sausages hanging from the rafters, they would starve in bad years.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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Towriss was questioned about "blame culture and people forming silos".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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
Palantir’s solutions unite data silos within organizations to create a centralized platform for AI agents.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
Where regional authorities have banned harvesting between 2:00 pm and 7:00 pm, some silos are now opening overnight.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
So we wanted to find a farm, preferably a big one, with a big barn and silos full of grain, near the mountains.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
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When you find one that is gracious enough to host you, it can feel like discovering a rare gem in a mine of homebodies and those siloed to their own friend groups or families.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
When information isn’t siloed, she said, “you don’t need to find a person that was in the room for that conversation to get a readout of it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
“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
Chinese companies, by contrast, are following a state-sanctioned strategy focused on integrating AI into siloed industries and systems, training models to improve individual tasks and accelerate growth in a more tailored approach.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 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
But over the last decade it’s become even lonelier, with algorithms and vertical video platforms like TikTok siloing users into consumption over interaction.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
"One thing we often talk about is not siloing HIV and exceptionalising it," he said.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2024
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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