Examples of granular in a Sentence
icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Parker’s tweaks can be as granular as adjusting the bass note in a chord.
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
In an earlier era of communications, the arrival of each day’s edition of Daily Variety was Hollywood’s vital pulse of granular daily news developments across the major networks, studios, music labels, creative artisans, talent agencies, creative guilds, law firms and more.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
As an initial step, environmental justice calls for accurate and much more granular disclosures related to each data center — of the type of cooling system involved, of the amount of water consumed, and of the sources of the water used.
—Irina Raicu, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
While the new chair’s priorities will likely reflect the White House’s views, the White House may not have opinions on more granular issues, Katz noted.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
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Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
In an earlier era of communications, the arrival of each day’s edition of Daily Variety was Hollywood’s vital pulse of granular daily news developments across the major networks, studios, music labels, creative artisans, talent agencies, creative guilds, law firms and more.
—William Earl, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
As an initial step, environmental justice calls for accurate and much more granular disclosures related to each data center — of the type of cooling system involved, of the amount of water consumed, and of the sources of the water used.
—Irina Raicu, Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2025
While the new chair’s priorities will likely reflect the White House’s views, the White House may not have opinions on more granular issues, Katz noted.
—Julia Shapero, The Hill, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər 
1
: consisting of grains
2
: having a grainy structure, feel, or appearance
Medical Definition
granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər
1
a
: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy texture
b
: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains
granular cytoplasm
2
: having or marked by granulations
granular tissue
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