1
as in speck
a very small piece
just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program
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2
as in temper
one's characteristic attitude or mood
cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain
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Recent Examples of grain
Popcorn is also a whole grain, containing fiber that helps slow digestion and triggers mild hormonal satiety signals.
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2026
In decades gone by, this was a working grain mill and silo, towering 112 feet above the train depot across the tracks with the small downtown just beyond.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
These are often made with multiple cereal grains in addition to the traditional barley, giving them more complexity.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
That's because, unlike grain, fresh produce requires energy to refrigerate in both storage and transport, and energy prices are spiking now.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
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Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2026
In decades gone by, this was a working grain mill and silo, towering 112 feet above the train depot across the tracks with the small downtown just beyond.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2026
These are often made with multiple cereal grains in addition to the traditional barley, giving them more complexity.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2026
That's because, unlike grain, fresh produce requires energy to refrigerate in both storage and transport, and energy prices are spiking now.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grain
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What emerged was an omelet of ideal and epitomic shape—straight, proudly puffed, about six and a half inches long and two and a half inches wide, with squarish ends and neither a speck nor drop of oil or liquid egg anywhere around.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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Is that oblong speck an egg sac or a flake of dandruff?—
Tom Nichols,
The Atlantic,
30 Mar. 2026
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The President is, after all, known for his volatile temper and for holding grudges.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
6 Apr. 2026
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Hurley is obviously more well-known than Underwood after back-to-back titles at UConn in 2023 and 2024, and his temper tantrums with officials are legendary.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Berber carpet Berber is a type of loop pile carpet with flecks of color.—
Faith Wakefield,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that Egyptians also used in medicine to treat syphilis and malaria.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
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His friend's temperament was spirited.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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During interviews with state investigators, Kids R Kids employees said they were discouraged from reporting incidents to the state and that staff were selected based on their willingness to accept a low wage rather than qualifications or temperament.—
Lina Ruiz
April 1,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
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When the crew retracted the drill to replace its bit, an overpowering jet of oil fountained from the well.—
Jeffrey Marlow,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Young Alfred Tennyson grew up in a similarly provincial bit of England, tucked away in his father’s vicarage on a remote part of the east coast of England in a village of fewer than a hundred souls.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Miller’s 1968 play, written during the agonizing days of the Vietnam War, concerns the disposition of the remains of a once-illustrious estate.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Day argues that Iran hawks display a dangerous ideological disposition.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of amateur and professional photographers were invited to find beauty in the invisible world of force fields and subatomic particles, which blip into existence for fractions of a second and hold secrets about the origin and fate of the universe.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
1 Apr. 2026
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When the fungi were grown on wood chips or sawdust, the resulting spongy material could be pressed and baked into blocks and sheets resembling concrete, particle board, and plywood.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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As Merlin learned how to use the pre-recorded buttons, audiences fell in love with the then-tiny pig’s big attitude.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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The movement language expresses attitude, with its amalgam of hip-hop, jazz, ballet, Korean traditional dance and musical theater.—
Marcia Luttrell,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Grain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grain. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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