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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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Oaks trees support a wide variety of butterfly and moth caterpillars, which in turn feed birds.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
10 Sep. 2025
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The risk isn’t just that these synthetic hosts clutter the feed.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Buffett’s strategy shows that interest rates are not merely background noise or fodder for CNBC headlines.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Swift and Lively’s long friendship had been a distinct sub-plot in the IEWU legal battles, with tabloid fodder that the duo have fallen out over the controversy adverse Eras Tour performer getting tainted with the whole thing.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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The launch arrangement between Northrop and SpaceX abrogates NASA's preference to maintain two independent means of delivering supplies to the space station.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
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The old residence no longer had electricity or running water, so supporters brought them supplies.—
Daniel Wine,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Silage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silage. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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