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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
The distillery gained a reputation for producing all its own distillate, with grains sourced from farmers in Wyoming’s Bighorn Basin.
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David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The recreational use of bigger display fireworks, such as salutes that contain two grains – 130 milligrams – of explosive materials and professional-grade aerial shells with more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions isn't allowed.
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Finch Walker,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Sea cows are superior to land cows, Voegtlin suggested, because land cows eat grains, which humans could survive on in a pinch.
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David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
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Rosemary Trout,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
With 80 ideal qubits together, a QPU could do more calculations at once than there are grains of sand on Earth.
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Donald Keough,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 June 2026
Choose whole grains like brown rice, bulgur, or amaranth instead of refined grains such as white rice.
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Merve Ceylan,
Health,
25 June 2026
Whole wheat and other whole grains are higher in fiber than refined grains because the grains are left entirely intact.
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Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
23 June 2026
Meat should be the first ingredient on the list, while grains, fruits and vegetables should be at least a couple of places down the list.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
David Thomas Tao,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
The recreational use of bigger display fireworks, such as salutes that contain two grains – 130 milligrams – of explosive materials and professional-grade aerial shells with more than 60 grams of pyrotechnic compositions isn't allowed.
—
Finch Walker,
USA Today,
27 June 2026
Sea cows are superior to land cows, Voegtlin suggested, because land cows eat grains, which humans could survive on in a pinch.
—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2026
With more shaking or churning, these grains grow and separate from the watery, naturally low-fat buttermilk.
—
Rosemary Trout,
Scientific American,
27 June 2026
With 80 ideal qubits together, a QPU could do more calculations at once than there are grains of sand on Earth.
—
Donald Keough,
Christian Science Monitor,
27 June 2026
Choose whole grains like brown rice, bulgur, or amaranth instead of refined grains such as white rice.
—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
25 June 2026
Whole wheat and other whole grains are higher in fiber than refined grains because the grains are left entirely intact.
—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
23 June 2026
Meat should be the first ingredient on the list, while grains, fruits and vegetables should be at least a couple of places down the list.
—
Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grains
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One released a chaff cascade—hell’s own monsoon manifesting as specks of light, sound, and EM pulses falling through the hanging garden.
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Kansas City isn't much of a pedestrian city, but now, blue and green specks of fans dot the sidewalks, like wildflowers poking through a crack in the pavement.
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Rubens got their opposing temperaments spot-on in a double portrait from 1603.
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The race left relatively normal Democrats like former Controller Betty Yee, former Speaker Toni Atkins, former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan struggling to gain traction despite having seemingly better temperaments, resumes, and ideas.
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Axiom Materials will test how advanced materials perform against rain, hail, and airborne particles.
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Those particles may have been grinding in the joint, causing mechanical wear on the cobalt-chromium femoral head that released cobalt into the surrounding tissue and bloodstream.
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Voices were raised and tempers ran high, dividing GOP lawmakers over the Iran war and a major election reform bill called the SAVE America Act, multiple attendees told reporters.
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Fewer fouls but more red cards This summer’s tournament has been played in good spirit, with tempers rarely flaring and challenges remaining fairly clean across the opening 48 games.
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Light streams through the frosted glass, catching flecks of dust.
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But flecks of green were visible throughout the stadium as Algeria fans made their presence known as well.
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The dispositions in the Massachusetts arrests were not immediately clear.
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Change the leader themselves — their behaviours, their habits, their dispositions.
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Screwdriver bits attach to the tool with a magnet, and the Vulyx itself can magnetically stick to any metallic surface.
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The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
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But as Falcon 9 dramatically lowered launch costs through reusability and SpaceX began dominating global launch markets, attitudes changed.
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It's been a 10-year hiatus from television for him and comes amid shifting attitudes toward cable news shows.
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“Grains.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grains. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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