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
Fermentation breaks down compounds called phytates and lectins that normally prevent your body from absorbing minerals in foods like beans and grains.
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Vegetables and whole grains have them too.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 9 Apr. 2026
This process enhances grain connectivity while reducing porosity, resulting in improved electrical conductivity and suppressed lattice thermal conductivity, as per the release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Fermentation breaks down compounds called phytates and lectins that normally block mineral absorption in foods like beans and grains.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
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Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026
Vegetables and whole grains have them too.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 9 Apr. 2026
This process enhances grain connectivity while reducing porosity, resulting in improved electrical conductivity and suppressed lattice thermal conductivity, as per the release.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
Fermentation breaks down compounds called phytates and lectins that normally block mineral absorption in foods like beans and grains.
—Allison Palmer, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grain
Noun
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Within it, there's not a speck of greenery in sight.—
Julie Bourdin,
NPR,
11 Apr. 2026
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Lassere and Ross-Lonergan, along with thousands of others, have devoted their careers to investigating this tiny and almost perfectly inert speck.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Behavioral and Emotional Problems Children with PWS may have frequent temper tantrums, difficulty with changes in routine, or strong emotional reactions.—
Health,
Health,
13 Apr. 2026
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At the time, several Wall Street firms, including JPMorgan, downgraded Nike stock as they were forced to temper expectations on future earnings.—
Natasha Abellard,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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Its design, crafted by Russell Sage Studio, is meant to be an on-the-nose reflection of the distillery's famed product, with bronzy walls the color of its single malt, and a ceiling painted to look like barley, reflecting the morning dew with flecks of gold throughout.—
Alessandra Amodio,
Travel + Leisure,
9 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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The former three-star recruit has the production, movement skills and temperament to hear his name early.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Setting the film in the Midwest helped tune it to Odenkirk’s particular temperament.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2026
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For Rory McIlroy, the trek toward getting a second Masters championship got a little bit harder.—
Rod Beard,
AJC.com,
12 Apr. 2026
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For whatever sprinkling of sociopathy that Quinn might have, seeing her dead best friend’s daughter, who looks just like her best friend, standing in front of her cracks through a little bit.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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His next court appearance is his disposition hearing on April 30.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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Olvin Carcamo-Meza, 19, pleaded guilty during a Tuesday afternoon disposition hearing to two counts of first-degree assault, a felony, and two violent crime sentence enhancers, according to Arapahoe County court records.—
Lauren Penington,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
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This allows the system to trap increasingly smaller particles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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But some antibiotics may also push bacteria to release tiny particles that can make inflammation worse.—
Panteha Torabian,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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That attitude appears to be resonating in the pews.—
Justine McDaniel,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
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Viktor Orbán’s election defeat was met with a huge sigh of relief, and a bit of schadenfreude, in Brussels, as European officials hope a new Hungarian government will bring more pro-European attitude to the table.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Grain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grain. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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