How to Use granular in a Sentence
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In a sport where teams chase the smallest and most granular edges, the sheer luck of a coin provides a colossal one.
— Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022 -
Ascertain whether the soil in the hole is quite damp, dry, and crumbly, granular (like beach sand), or fine and smooth (like clay).
— Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2023 -
Her plan for this new restaurant is both sweeping and granular, a collage of ideas grandiose and close to the ground.
— BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2022 -
Apple bought the brilliant Dark Sky app a while back and some of the granular detail that that has is now on the Weather app.
— David Phelan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021 -
Fall is also a great time of the year to feed trees and shrubs with granular fertilizer.
— Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Stirring too soon can create a granular ganache, not one that’s satiny, glossy, and smooth.
— Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024 -
Some of Hendler-Grunt’s best practices are more granular.
— Fortune, 1 June 2022 -
At the same time, these functional managers struggle to stay up to speed and get a granular view of work progress.
— Suresh Sambandam, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 -
But there has been less research on these trends at a more granular level.
— Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 2 June 2021 -
But the more granular things get — say a city sampling every block — then there’s more cause for concern.
— Megan Molteni, STAT, 17 June 2021 -
The more granular the data, the better your analysis will be.
— Nacho De Marco, Forbes, 16 May 2022 -
And don’t get so granular as to find out what happens to each character.
— Judy Berman, TIME, 3 July 2024 -
Pull the mulch back and sprinkle granular fertilizer onto the soil around the drip lines and hand water it in.
— Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023 -
In an exclusive clip of the film below, the pair’s Harrison Mills and Clayton Knight hash out some of the most granular details of the show.
— Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023 -
Remember to not go too granular about the tech specs and instead tell a story.
— Expert Panel, Forbes, 14 June 2021 -
Then use heat map software like CrazyEgg or HotJar to get more granular.
— David Gaz, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2021 -
The data offers a granular look at the emergency response time from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6.
— Emily Davies, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023 -
That is a perfect Matt Yglesias quote: grandiose but granular.
— Dan Zak, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023 -
At the more granular end of the reporting spectrum, however, is the EEO-1s.
— Ashley Marchand Orme, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2022 -
Were the somewhat granular textures a design choice to evoke the original?
— Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Your book is filled with lots of granular information on how to assess your own health and make changes.
— Will Stone, NPR, 14 June 2024 -
The site does not yet filter for discrete skills, but that might just be too granular for its business model.
— Nicholas Wyman, Forbes, 4 June 2021 -
And that view, as set out in a series of nine galleries, is alternately grand and granular.
— Holland Cotter, New York Times, 23 June 2023 -
Although products may be available in dust, granular form or sprays, choose a spray.
— Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Early this year, the four teenagers showed Rauch their techniques, which went beyond cloning to include more granular changes to a card’s data.
— WIRED, 10 Aug. 2023 -
There are tons of templates to choose from, including planners that range from monthly at-a-glance views to granular hour-by-hour days.
— Medea Giordano, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024 -
Ledecky and co-owner Scott Malkin asked Trotz and players for input on the schematics, with questions as granular as where to put the dentist chair.
— Laine Higgins, WSJ, 14 June 2021 -
The Ciré date is known to have a unique, granular and almost chewy texture, with a distinct amber and pillowy golden skin.
— Christian Reynoso, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2021 -
The irregular lump of granular, speckled plastic is available in three finishes: stone, granite or sand.
— Brad Moon, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024 -
Power providers already have granular data on power usage and grid performance in their service regions.
— Chuanyi Ji, The Conversation, 27 Sep. 2024
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