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icy, granular snow makes for terrible skiing—if you can, ski on light, powdery snow
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The Sanskrit word for sugar, śarkarā, is akin to the Sanskrit word for gravel or pebble, śarkara, which suggests that the granular form of sugarcane was known from at least the early centuries of the Common Era, with possible cultivation of sugar in India even earlier.
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Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Even non-advertising platforms like Uber are entering the space, seeking to monetize their granular rider location data.
—Bowen Luo, Harvard Business Review, 31 Mar. 2026
The Sanskrit word for sugar, śarkarā, is akin to the Sanskrit word for gravel or pebble, śarkara, which suggests that the granular form of sugarcane was known from at least the early centuries of the Common Era, with possible cultivation of sugar in India even earlier.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Mar. 2026
This dashboard features a granular breakdown of your top file types and third-party applications, along with hourly activity charts.
—Robert Anderson, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Granular.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/granular. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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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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