food grain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of food grain
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
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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
The Amina was one of four ships ordered taken over by Germany's DVB Bank for defaulting on a loan, all of them dry bulk carriers mainly used for Iran's food grain imports.
From Reuters • Jan. 29, 2013
The Congress authorized formation of a 4 million ton food grain reserve for use in international food assistance.
From State of the Union Address by Carter, Jimmy
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