as in coarse
made up of large particles
icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Recent Examples of granular
Despite the presence of an escort, foreign engineers are privy to granular details about the federal cloud — the kind of information hackers could exploit.
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Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 July 2025
That's a more granular approach than the government used before.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 14 July 2025
But other states don't publicly disclose this type of granular data.
—Paige Tortorelli,pippa Stevens,agne Tolockaite, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Landlords can adopt a granular approach and use market-level starts/completions data to adjust rent projections and vacancy buffers by neighborhood.
—Nathan Levinson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 July 2025
That's a more granular approach than the government used before.
—Michael Copley, NPR, 14 July 2025
But other states don't publicly disclose this type of granular data.
—Paige Tortorelli,pippa Stevens,agne Tolockaite, CNBC, 20 June 2025
Landlords can adopt a granular approach and use market-level starts/completions data to adjust rent projections and vacancy buffers by neighborhood.
—Nathan Levinson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for granular
Adjective
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With Bill Murray killing as a preening champion, this coarse, dumb, hilarious film is primo Farrelly brothers during their golden age that, unfairly, got slept on at the time.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
25 July 2025
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Gordon is not an especially confessional writer, but his voice, which at times stretches into a coarse falsetto, contains enormous amounts of emotion.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Other perks include indoor and outdoor pools, 172 feet of sandy shoreline, and a 50-foot dock.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
23 July 2025
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White sandy beaches and mild, sunny climates have long been features of the archetypal American retirement.—
Kamaron McNair,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granular. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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