food grain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of food grain
First recorded in 1875–80
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The IMF said the Black Sea deal had been instrumental in facilitating food, grain, and fertilizer exports from Ukraine to the rest of the world.
From Reuters ● Jul. 19, 2023
India's federal government offers free food grain to about 800 million people, about 57% of country's 1.4 billion population, while states spend billions of dollars on subsidising education, health, electricity and other services.
From Reuters ● Jul. 17, 2023
To ease the burden for households, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered pandemic relief through free food grain and easy bank credit.
From Reuters ● Jun. 2, 2022
And yet India’s food grain stocks are currently nearly three times more than the normal reserve, a paradox that Ghosh, the economist, said was impossible to explain.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2021
What I say of coal is applied with equal force to any offers of food, grain, oil, petroleum, gas, or any other natural product.
From My Discovery of England by Stephen Leacock
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