silo

Example Sentences

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“This is the idea that people don’t learn things in silos. We learn in the context of other things,” Hopkins said.

From MarketWatch

At some bases, Tehran has built crude underground silos for firing missiles without having to bring them into the open.

From The Wall Street Journal

And he promised a minister whose job it would be to "break down silos, ensure joined up working and deliver effectively on the promises we make".

From BBC

Wilder, the former intelligence official, noted that the public exposure of roughly 300 new nuclear-missile silos in western regions like Gansu and Xinjiang likely unsettled Beijing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Standing there in the middle of Yellow Dog Road, I could see plenty of land but nothing more wonderful than barns and silos.

From Literature