grain growth
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grain growth
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Estimates of the potential market for DEW vary widely, as they often do in emerging defense categories, but most point in the same direction: rapid growth from a still-small base.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 29, 2026
Conventional wisdom before ChatGPT was that you looked to software—with its wide margins, rapid growth, and expensive valuations—for exciting, if volatile, investment opportunities.
From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026
The rapid growth of electric vehicles and large-scale energy storage has driven a sharp increase in demand for cobalt.
From Science Daily • Jun. 20, 2026
The tighter standards are a sharp reversal from recent years when a rapid growth of private credit fueled competition, leading lenders to offer sweeteners and generous terms to win deals.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Modern civilisation was showing what it could do in preventing the too rapid growth of the human race.
From A Gamble with Life by Hocking, Silas K. (Silas Kitto)
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