as in particles
a very small piece
is there one granule of truth in that statement?
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Recent Examples of granules
Shards of glass cut into my palms and shins, while the wind hurled sharp granules of ice into my face, harbingers of a storm that was already approaching from the west.
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New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Granular Pre-Emergent Herbicide Application Fill a lawn spreader with the pre-emergent granules and set the spreader to the product label instructions per square footage.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Sprinkle Mosquito Bits granules into the water that collects in the center of the leafy rosette to prevent Aedes mosquitoes from breeding there.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
These granules target larvae in standing water, eliminating potential mosquito breeding grounds in ponds, birdbaths and puddles.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Physical exfoliators have granules that manually buff away dead skin cells from the surface of your skin.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Feb. 2026
Add fertilizer granules at planting time and three weeks after planting out to encourage strong stems and large heads.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
Over time, the granules will break down, and the plant absorbs the nutrients.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
Nuzolvenc, developed through a public-private partnership, comes in granules that dissolve in water.
—Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Granular Pre-Emergent Herbicide Application Fill a lawn spreader with the pre-emergent granules and set the spreader to the product label instructions per square footage.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
Sprinkle Mosquito Bits granules into the water that collects in the center of the leafy rosette to prevent Aedes mosquitoes from breeding there.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
These granules target larvae in standing water, eliminating potential mosquito breeding grounds in ponds, birdbaths and puddles.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026
Physical exfoliators have granules that manually buff away dead skin cells from the surface of your skin.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Feb. 2026
Add fertilizer granules at planting time and three weeks after planting out to encourage strong stems and large heads.
—Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026
Over time, the granules will break down, and the plant absorbs the nutrients.
—Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
Nuzolvenc, developed through a public-private partnership, comes in granules that dissolve in water.
—Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for granules
Noun
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Take a room full of particles, for instance, where half of the particles are cold (low in kinetic energy, moving slowly, with a long timescale in between collisions) and half of the particles are hot (high in kinetic energy, moving rapidly, with short timescales separating successive collisions).—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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As free quarks cannot exist in isolation, quarks produced from the vacuum immediately combine into composite particles called hyperons.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage, and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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Keep an eye out for tiny brown or orange specks, especially around door edges, undercarriage and seams.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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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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Using x-ray fluorescence spectrometry, scholars determined that the ancient off-white fluid was composed of calcite, huntite, and miniscule flecks of yellow orpiment, a highly toxic sulfide of arsenic that Egyptians also used in medicine to treat syphilis and malaria.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
9 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Instead, think high-protein and filling breakfast filled with fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, healthy fats, along with herbs and spices like ginger and turmeric (all of which are anti-inflammatory).—
Siya Bhambwani,
Vogue,
6 Apr. 2026
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Look for whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and words like steamed, baked, poached, roasted, broiled or grilled.—
Dr. Sarah Kinsella,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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About 80 times heavier than protons, W bosons are among the heaviest of nature’s fundamental particles, which can’t be broken down into smaller bits.—
Clara Moskowitz,
Scientific American,
10 Apr. 2026
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There may be no documents in the libraries, but the trees hold bits and shards of this land’s collective memory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Through a specialized molten salt treatment, the long polymer chains in polyethylene are broken down into fuel-grade molecules.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Much like having a cold, the subsequent congestion can then block odor molecules from reaching olfactory receptors.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Choose sustainable solutions, not quick, leaky patches.—
Tarot.com,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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But there are patches of sun, too.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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That’s a change from post-pandemic habits when, too often, one blockbuster would suck up all the oxygen at multiplexes and leave the rest of the new releases to settle for scraps.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2026
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The Dining Area The table was made by sculptor Bryan Hunt out of scraps from the apartment where Poe grew up.—
Wendy Goodman,
Curbed,
4 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Granules.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granules. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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