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grain elevator
noun
: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain
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Conversations are happening at places like The Wild Goose, a cozy coffee shop tucked inside an old grain elevator in the tiny town of Hayden, Colo.
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Scott Franz, NPR, 13 Feb. 2025
Farmers need to transport a harvested crop from the field to a grain elevator or processing plant, typically on public roads.
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Richard Bishop, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
Burgum is an ultra-wealthy software industry entrepreneur who grew up in a small North Dakota farming community working at his family’s grain elevator.
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Matthew Brown, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Silos and grain elevators loom over flat prairies at the Archer Daniels Midland processing facility in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1852, in the meaning defined above
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“Grain elevator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grain%20elevator. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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