silo

Example Sentences

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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 2025

Humor is derived from individual perception, and it’s hard to see much of the world stuck in the blinding blue light of a digital silo.

From Salon • Sep. 5, 2025

But if you go to the right, you can see the Encino Reservoir and eventually you get to a decommissioned Nike missile silo.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

The way everyone looked up so surprised, it was as if they were saying, “How on earth did she live this long without knowing what a silo is?”

From "Homesick" by Jean Fritz