silo

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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

Some employees said an organizational silo between Suleyman’s consumer-focused team and teams working on enterprise versions has made it challenging to achieve a unified vision.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 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

Humor is derived from individual perception, and it’s hard to see much of the world stuck in the blinding blue light of a digital silo.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025

If you want to know what eight hundred thousand links look like, picture a forty-foot silo attached to a small barn.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman