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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
Noun
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Use only invasive-free (weed-free) forage/hay when feeding livestock in national forests.—
Gabrielle Chenault,
Nashville Tennessean,
25 Sep. 2025
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Drought reduces available pasture and forage, leaving ranchers without enough grass to sustain their herds and forcing them to rely on costly supplemental feed that can quickly become unaffordable.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
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The video Roman shared on her Instagram feed shows the baby of the family prepping for graduation alongside her family and eventually walking across the stage.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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Simply plucking young stars from viewers’ social-media feeds won’t radically alter or refresh SNL.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beyond his inglorious past, though, Hegseth and his Quantico speech should not be dismissed merely as meme fodder.—
Arman Khan,
Them.,
3 Oct. 2025
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That became bulletin board fodder.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gardner carted his supplies to this featureless patch of earth near the fort, set up his tripods and cameras, and then arranged his dark tent nearby, out of sight of the camera’s lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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Although Sandu won widespread praise for helping Moldova secure EU candidate status in 2022, some voters were frustrated with the pace of reform and spiraling gas prices, after Russia cut off supplies and Moldova sought new procurement deals with Romania.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Silage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silage. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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