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as in specks
a very small piece
just give me a grain of information about what to expect on the program
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as in temperaments
one's characteristic attitude or mood
cheating, even on my income taxes, goes against my grain
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Recent Examples of grains
In the last 52 weeks, according to new NielsenIQ data, the only pasta made with alternative grains that is seeing an increase in year over year sales is ‘Grain and Legume’–a segment which has more than doubled in the past three years.
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Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Some nitazenes are so powerful that under 2 milligrams—the equivalent of a few grains of sand—can kill a person by shutting down breathing.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 May 2026
Bean plants help keep soil healthy when grown alongside crops that absorb a lot of nitrogen, such as grains.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 May 2026
For the last 30 years, they've been raised without antibiotics, growth hormones, or grains.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Quinoa packs nutritional punch in a way that few other quick-cooking grains can match, and registered dietitians regularly recommend swapping it in for less fiber-rich staples like white rice.
—Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
These grains contain a mixture of beneficial microorganisms, including lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria, and various yeast species.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 May 2026
Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Like all tasting menus, the Journey has its ritual flourishes, some of them twee (such as the servers presenting a basket of farm eggs and an arrangement of grains just before the courses featuring those ingredients) and others quite charming.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Some nitazenes are so powerful that under 2 milligrams—the equivalent of a few grains of sand—can kill a person by shutting down breathing.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 18 May 2026
Bean plants help keep soil healthy when grown alongside crops that absorb a lot of nitrogen, such as grains.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 18 May 2026
For the last 30 years, they've been raised without antibiotics, growth hormones, or grains.
—Logan Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Quinoa packs nutritional punch in a way that few other quick-cooking grains can match, and registered dietitians regularly recommend swapping it in for less fiber-rich staples like white rice.
—Sacbee.com, 15 May 2026
These grains contain a mixture of beneficial microorganisms, including lactic acid bacteria, acetic acid bacteria, and various yeast species.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 15 May 2026
Built in 1885, the route once played a key role in transporting coffee and grains from the Curitiba highlands to the coast.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 11 May 2026
Like all tasting menus, the Journey has its ritual flourishes, some of them twee (such as the servers presenting a basket of farm eggs and an arrangement of grains just before the courses featuring those ingredients) and others quite charming.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 10 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grains
Noun
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As in Kourliandski’s quartet, specks and splatters of sound are interspersed with silences.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Their faces lost distinction, their bodies smaller and smaller and then only specks in the overvoid.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
18 May 2026
Noun
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The Singapore Sling and the Million Dollar Cocktail are sisters who share the same DNA and many of the same qualities but possess quite different temperaments and have gone on to enjoy different lives.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 Mar. 2026
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Players of all kinds of temperaments, skill levels and game styles have done it, do it, and will do it in the future — and there are methods to the madness that takes over a tennis player in the throes of frustration.—
James Hansen,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Noun
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As dust floats through the air, static electricity can attract particles of dirt, pollen, pet dander, and dust that accumulate on the fan blades over time.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
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Similar to how cosmic impacts can agitate and heat lunar regolith to liberate trapped particles from the solar wind, machines can do much the same.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Emotional weather systems with tempers, intuition, sensitivity, and something wild in our blood.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
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The moment one starts perceiving what Arnold and friends undergo as excessively dismal, a quick peak at the live-action cruelty in action around the globe tempers that notion.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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The person who seems least surprised by it all is Matsuzawa, perhaps the league’s only 27-year-old rookie with flecks of gray in his hair.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 May 2026
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Powerful new lasers and x-rays are enabling geologists like Korolev, a researcher at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, to probe increasingly small flecks of minerals in deep diamonds.—
James Dinneen,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
Noun
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David Yannetti, representing Officer Nicholas O’Malley, 33, has filed a slew of discovery motions in the case — requesting records of King’s complete criminal history, including all arrests, charges, dispositions, and pending matters from any jurisdiction.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
13 May 2026
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Deputies will document all referrals and dispositions so the department can track how often services are offered, what resources are utilized and whether those efforts are producing measurable results.—
Sierra van der Brug,
Daily News,
4 May 2026
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In between shout-outs from the crowd, Colbert played it straight, rattling off jokes about the day’s headlines, revealing one last First Draft, and sharing shrewd bits of history about The Ed Sullivan Theater.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
22 May 2026
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Big shot guests popped up in the studio audience, including the actors Bryan Cranston, Paul Rudd, and Ryan Reynolds, who did a few bits and pattered about the host going off air; Colbert moved through the usual jokes about the day’s news.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2026
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They were considered to have strange physical afflictions or weak mental attitudes, and some people with endocrine diseases were even dismissed as ‘freaks’ and heckled in circuses or locked away in institutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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The broader report examined consumer attitudes toward fast food, casual dining and specialty restaurant brands.—
Peter Burke,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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“Grains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grains. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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