Granta

[ gran-tuh ]

/ ˈgræn tə /

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noun

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Words nearby Granta

granola, granolith, granophyre, Gran Paradiso, grant, Granta, granted, grantee, Granth, Grantham, Granthi

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How to use Granta in a sentence

Her work has appeared in The Atlantic, Granta, The New York Times Magazine, and Griffith Review.
The Whale Who Will Come Soon - Issue 105: Whale Songs|Rebecca Giggs|September 8, 2021|Nautilus
In 2005, the late, great Kenyan writer, and activist Binyavanga Wainaina wrote his viral Granta essay on, “How to write about Africa.”
How much has Africa’s media landscape changed since Binyavanga wrote his viral Granta essay|Ciku Kimeria|August 5, 2021|Quartz
Kamila Shamsie, the Karachi born-and-raised author of five novels, was included in Granta's 2013 list of 20 best young writers.
No Denial From Bret Stephens Re. Yeshiva University Panel Slurs|Lisa Goldman|October 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Drury has been a Guggenheim Fellow and was included in Granta's Best of Young American Novelists.
The National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction||September 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST

These are the top 20 novelists under 40 in Great Britain according to Granta magazine.
Granta’s List of Best British Novelists Today|Lucy Scholes|April 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Granta 122 By John Freeman (editor) A collection of fiction from proven masters and exciting newcomers.
This Week’s Hot Reads: Jan. 21, 2013|Nicholas Mancusi|January 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And now, thanks to the British literary journal Granta, a select few of them are getting their day in the global sun.
Granta’s Brazil Issue Tells the Country’s New Story|Mac Margolis|November 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Ernest Carr had edited Granta so ably that he was invited to join the staff of the Times.
Changing Winds|St. John G. Ervine
The name Granta is usually appropriated to the eastern stream, that of Cam to the western.
Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely|Rev. Edward Conybeare.
But the river's older name, which it preserves above the town, is the Granta, and Bede calls the town itself Grantacester.
The Romance of Words (4th ed.)|Ernest Weekley
My visits were usually referred to in the Granta, and a considerable amount of chaff was indulged in at my expense.
Forty Years of 'Spy'|Leslie Ward
Long o'er thy loss shall grateful Granta mourn, And bid her sons revere thy favour'd urn.
The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White|Henry Kirke White

British Dictionary definitions for Granta

Granta

/ (ˈɡræntə, ˈɡrɑːntə) /

noun

the original name, still in use locally, for the River Cam

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