as in agrarian
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood
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Recent Examples of agricultural
Michigan State University was the nation's first agricultural college and a University of Michigan professor's research contributed to the development of a lunar vehicle.
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Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
For the agricultural community, what's perhaps even more concerning than DOGE's unfettered access to sensitive data is the capacity to change it or even deny and cancel payments.
—Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 10 July 2025
American farmers—the men, women and families who grow our food, contribute to our economy and steward our agricultural lands—have a crucial role to play in making America healthy.
—Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Labor shortages come amid estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that nearly half of the nation's agricultural workforce is in the country without legal status.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
For the agricultural community, what's perhaps even more concerning than DOGE's unfettered access to sensitive data is the capacity to change it or even deny and cancel payments.
—Jenna McLaughlin, NPR, 10 July 2025
American farmers—the men, women and families who grow our food, contribute to our economy and steward our agricultural lands—have a crucial role to play in making America healthy.
—Bill Frist, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
More Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images What To Know
Labor shortages come amid estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture that nearly half of the nation's agricultural workforce is in the country without legal status.
—Billal Rahman
dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agricultural
agrarian
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This approach helped transform the U.S. from an agrarian economy into an industrial powerhouse.—
Tim Overton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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Policy Infrastructure The Code of Hammurabi, written around 1750 BCE, introduced laws to manage the complexity of agrarian society: contracts, labor terms, ownership rules.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Agricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agricultural. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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