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icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Application: Use a spreader for granular formulations or a sprayer for liquid ones, following the manufacturer's instructions to the letter.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
What was the most different, and probably the part that was the most exciting and rewarding, was getting to work in such a granular way with the cast.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The flight data recorder includes technical information about the trip, like the altitude, speed and even more granular details like the position of the wing flaps.
—Adam Carlson, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Housed on a top-secret mainframe, these systems control, on a granular level, government payments that in their totality amount to more than a fifth of the US economy.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2025
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2025
What was the most different, and probably the part that was the most exciting and rewarding, was getting to work in such a granular way with the cast.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
The flight data recorder includes technical information about the trip, like the altitude, speed and even more granular details like the position of the wing flaps.
—Adam Carlson, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Housed on a top-secret mainframe, these systems control, on a granular level, government payments that in their totality amount to more than a fifth of the US economy.
—Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər 
1
: consisting of grains
2
: having a grainy structure, feel, or appearance
Medical Definition
granular
adjective
gran·u·lar
ˈgran-yə-lər
1
a
: consisting of or containing granules : having a grainy texture
b
: having granules with an affinity for specific biological stains
granular cytoplasm
2
: having or marked by granulations
granular tissue
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