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Recent Examples of granule Mosquito Bits granules also kill fungus gnats. Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2025 The technique usually relies on hollow glass spheres, polystyrene beads, aluminum flakes, or synthetic granules with special optical coatings to enhance the reflection of light. Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2025 If winter and early-spring grassy weeds have been hallmarks of your lawn in past years, mark your calendar to apply pre-emergent granules (Dimension, Halts, or Balan) the first two weeks of September. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025 Heat until sugar granules are dissolved. Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for granule
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granule
Noun
  • The small, icy world is home to water-spouting geysers that spew vapor and ice particles into space – offering a tangible clue to its subsurface saltwater ocean.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Successful or not, the fact that alternatives exist at all suggests virtual particles might be useful fiction rather than physical truth.
    Dipangkar Dutta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Every splash of rain, speck of dust, or pinprick of light could mar the negative.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • On our table are a plate of thin-sliced speck, ham, and cheese, a dish with curls of homemade butter that look like tiny beehives, two pots of homemade strawberry and apricot jam, and a jar of golden honey from the farm bees.
    R29 Team, Refinery29, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • One blink, and it was gone again, just another fleck in the mulch.
    Chris Schalkx, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Yes, these flecks are seeds that were once inside of a vanilla bean, confirms Britton.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Under the hopper of a massive grain bin, roughly 50,000 pounds of ground corn slide down a chute and into the truck’s open back.
    Miranda Dunlap, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Argentina also temporarily scrapped export taxes on grains to help stabilize the peso, but China didn’t waste any time.
    Alayna Treene, CNN Money, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The researchers then conducted a randomized clinical trial in humans, in which half of the participants received the NVG-291 drug, which contained a repair molecule to improve nervous system function.
    Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Within those grains, Khawaja and his team found not just frozen water, but the same organic molecules observed in the E-ring.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Fall is in full swing, and that means now is the time to seek out autumnal experiences like leaf peeping and pumpkin patch wandering.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t forget to check out Prime Day deals on Amazon’s bestselling beauty products, like the $7 Tree Hut Vanilla Shea Sugar Scrub and these 38% off under-eye patches for dark circles, puffiness, and more.
    Katrina Cossey, Parents, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This handsome design can work in just about any room in your home and comes equipped with a little bit of drawer storage to discreetly hide any junk.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But Maura never overdoes the feisty granny bit.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Restaurants are revolving doors of people and food, the perfect circumstances for bacteria to grow and lurking cockroaches to build a nest among food crumbs and scraps.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Taking a minute to clear crumbs, water spots, or dust instantly makes these areas feel cleaner and more inviting.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025

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“Granule.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granule. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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