silage

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Recent Examples of silage The lighter roughage and silage flies farther than the grain does, leaving the cow with a pile of the tastier stuff as the rest gets tossed out of reach. IEEE Spectrum, 1 Apr. 2025 Electricity cables buzz overhead and the smell of silage from a nearby equestrian centre wafts through the air. Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for silage
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Noun
  • The large seabirds return to this large rock each year to nest and forage for fish, making an impressive spectacle for visitors.
    Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
  • The earliest wildlife laws in England also required landowners to retain adequate forage and cover for wildlife, in addition to regulating hunting and fishing.
    Patrick Parenteau, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
Noun
  • The Vances often post photos of their children, but Usha’s parents and sister don’t appear in her social media feeds.
    Kate Andersen Brower, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Body landmarks replace video Rather than sending a raw camera feed for translation, the system uses Google’s MediaPipe Holistic model to identify pose landmarks on the signer.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Among other things, Gray quipped about how his wife and kids really provide no fodder for stories.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026
  • There’s eventually a backlash to the backlash, a revision-to-reappreciation arc, and a resurrection as nostalgia-bait reboot fodder.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Tehran also responded by effectively shutting down tanker and cargo traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which around one-fifth of global oil supplies usually transit.
    Frank Andrews, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Before the war, an average of 120 vessels crossed the crucial waterway, through which one-fifth of global oil supplies used to travel, every day.
    Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • When George Washington asked for rations for his army, the Continental Congress in 1775 approved a daily ration of one quart of spruce beer or cider per soldier.
    Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 2 July 2026

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“Silage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silage. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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