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Recent Examples of silage
Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air.
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Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
Canals slice between orchards and acres of silage, pushing all-important irrigation water through a network of laterals from farm to farm.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
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Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
As the farmer tells RTÉ News, he’s never encountered anything like this in his field before, and he’s been cutting silage in the same area for more than three decades.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2024
There were signs of growth in the production of durum wheat, corn for silage, and several forage crops — an increase that matches that of the dairy industry in the past decades.
—The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024
Canals slice between orchards and acres of silage, pushing all-important irrigation water through a network of laterals from farm to farm.
—Jake Bittle, WIRED, 6 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for silage
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This action would prohibit trawling for forage fish, direct NOAA to manage these fish for the ecosystem rather than foreign profit and end the exploitation of American resources by foreign fleets.—
Phil Zalesak,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Aug. 2025
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There are water shortages affecting agriculture in Texas, where the birds forage at turf grass farms; grassland loss and degradation in Paraguay; and in Colombia, conversion of forage lands to exotic grasses and rice paddies these birds cannot use.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
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Weather watches and warnings A live data feed from the National Weather Service containing official weather warnings, watches, and advisory statements.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
3 Sep. 2025
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Artificial intelligence is showing up everywhere—in headlines, workplace conversations and social feeds.—
Bernardo Martinez,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Here and nowhere else, Holland treats Kafka’s oeuvre not as abstract fodder for pithy musing, but as texts which were published at a real point in history, that came from the mind of a person and not a divine conduit.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Lazarus is comfortable knowing that his sardonic smack-talking can only give Belichick, and the team, more motivational fodder for next season.—
Sean Gregory,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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In a dressing room near the amphitheatre on Little Island, a makeup artist (James Kaliardos, standing) was pouring his attention and a wealth of beauty supplies onto a countertenor (Anthony Roth Costanzo, seated).—
Henry Alford,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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And for those who enjoy the in-store shopping experience, select Party City locations nationwide continue to welcome customers who want to browse and pick up their party supplies in person.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Silage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silage. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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