as in coarse
made up of large particles
icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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Recent Examples of granular
Zuckerberg hasn’t indicated any desire to interfere with Instagram moderation at a granular level, or do any other editing of political speech.
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Conversation intelligence serves up data in dashboards that allow users to explore topics, trends and sources of customer friction at a granular level.
—Tom Lewis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
This kind of granular maritime reconnaissance began in the 1960s, when the NRL developed a ship surveillance capability known as HULTEC, short for hull-to-emitter correlation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
As an example, in a search and rescue mission, whichever agency is closest – the local sheriff’s department or state Department of Public Safety or federal Border Patrol – cooperates on a very granular level with the nearest available assets to find the missing person.
—Dan Debree, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
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Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Jan. 2025
Conversation intelligence serves up data in dashboards that allow users to explore topics, trends and sources of customer friction at a granular level.
—Tom Lewis, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
This kind of granular maritime reconnaissance began in the 1960s, when the NRL developed a ship surveillance capability known as HULTEC, short for hull-to-emitter correlation.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
As an example, in a search and rescue mission, whichever agency is closest – the local sheriff’s department or state Department of Public Safety or federal Border Patrol – cooperates on a very granular level with the nearest available assets to find the missing person.
—Dan Debree, The Conversation, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/granular. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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