silo

Example Sentences

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Vocational programs were long seen as places to silo academic underperformers into blue-collar work, administrators note.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

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

My main issue with Dekoda was that the info existed in a silo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

On June 17, in the middle of Pride Month, the Trump administration’s Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration announced that it “will no longer silo LGB+ youth services.”

From Salon • Jul. 17, 2025

Dactyls scattered to either side as Stella exploded into the air above the silo.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older