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granary

[grey-nuh-ree, gran-uh-] / ˈgreɪ nə ri, ˈgræn ə- /
NOUN
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Faria turned toward downtown, mentioning that business owners are trying to hang on but that the old granary by the railroad tracks closed not long ago.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 12, 2024

The central province of Henan, the granary of China, was recently struck by heavy rain that caused crops to sprout or be hit by blight, triggering concerns about food security.

From Reuters Jun. 9, 2023

UK’s sarnie: Cut granary bread into triangles and add coronation chicken and lettuce.

From BBC May 10, 2023

All she knows is that her stately home in Chellanam, which withstood the test of time for nearly a century, is corroding and her granary is empty.

From Seattle Times Apr. 25, 2023

Their granary was never more than half full and they wore very shabby clothes.

From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith

More broadly, the world is lucky that war broke out after several bountiful harvests filled granaries, says Joseph Glauber, research fellow emeritus at the International Food Policy Research Institute.

From Barron's Jun. 18, 2026

Many of the region’s other mountain villages were abandoned, their granaries turned into tourist attractions or, in at least one case, a “Star Wars” filming location.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2023

Also, aid agencies can’t reach the nearby Red Sea Mills, one of Yemen’s largest granaries, where enough grain to feed 3.5 million people for a month is stored.

From Washington Times Oct. 4, 2018

Inventories of iron ore, coal and cotton are bulging at ports across the country and state granaries are overflowing.

From Reuters Nov. 18, 2014

The downtown area alone had six thousand masonry structures: homes, temples, palaces, and granaries, even an eighteen-foot-high defensive wall.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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