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[sahy-loh] / ˈsaɪ loʊ /




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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

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

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

Twilight sent her back to the silo ledge, her hunger raging.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George

Both Irvine and Carmel Valley are silos from the problems of the outside world, places where everything might seem perfect, even when it isn’t, her brother said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

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

I went back down the steps and walked across their flat dirt yard, past several outbuildings and the huge grain silos, to the first of four long chicken houses.

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

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

“For too long, our gender equity work has been siloed without a central entity responsible for coordinating and advancing this work,” Horvath said during the meeting.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Moskowitz called this view “overly reductive,” arguing that Palantir competes at the operational layer instead of the model layer by organizing siloed enterprise data and embedding AI into workflows.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 18, 2026

He argues that healthcare remains maddeningly stuck at Step 2, as practitioners struggle to connect siloed information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 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

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

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

Parents are siloing themselves with like-minded friends, which reinforces their thinking.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2021




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