silo
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To test this idea, the researchers created a computer model that treats floating ice somewhat like grains moving through a silo.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
And if the creature in that silo was one, it was even more gigantic than the average pteranodon.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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Wall Street analysts generally work in silos, meaning that forecasts for profits and cash flows are often inconsistent between analysts in different sectors, even those at the same firm.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026
Towriss was questioned about "blame culture and people forming silos".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
But more often, those fighting trafficking live in their own silos, doing their own work, and often failing or refusing to share even scant details with other jurisdictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 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
Instead of building silos and growing grain, he started growing grass.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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"I think within the platforms those departments are very siloed - so what we would love is for those conversations to be much more holistic."
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
One place where information is siloed is in private meetings or workplace chat channels like Slack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 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
A two-year technical program runs the risk of siloing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"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
That word, “Silo,” refers both to the enormous subterranean city that shelters 10,000 people and to the practice of information siloing: filtering data through narrow, manipulative networks.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2023
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