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Recent Examples of farmland
Image As all of that water traveled south, the river swelled along with it, causing additional flooding in some areas, and overtaking roads and farmland that was recently planted.
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Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Israeli troops have destroyed the vast majority of the territory’s farmland and greenhouses or closed them off within military zones, where anyone approaching risks being shot.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Lee Keath, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But farmlands are also becoming unusable due to increasing droughts, pushing more people into cities and placing a strain on urban water supplies.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 9 May 2025
Casa Grande explores the intertwining lives of Northern California farmland families at the turn of the century, with an upstairs/downstairs take on themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 May 2025
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Amy Graff, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Israeli troops have destroyed the vast majority of the territory’s farmland and greenhouses or closed them off within military zones, where anyone approaching risks being shot.
—Wafaa Shurafa and Lee Keath, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025
But farmlands are also becoming unusable due to increasing droughts, pushing more people into cities and placing a strain on urban water supplies.
—Simmone Shah, Time, 9 May 2025
Casa Grande explores the intertwining lives of Northern California farmland families at the turn of the century, with an upstairs/downstairs take on themes of class, immigration, culture and family.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmland
Noun
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Based on their analyses, the stones do not appear to have been placed there for agricultural purposes, such as to mark the boundary between croplands or to fence in livestock.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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The woodlands are hilly, with numerous ditches and draws that run into croplands.—
Jeffrey A. Brunk,
Outdoor Life,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The habitat is crisscrossed by roads, railways, coal mines, ski resorts, farms, rural properties and small towns.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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In another incident at the same farm, a former manager of the farm broke into a worker’s trailer and threatened to kill him and his family.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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In Out in the Country (1939), a woman lounges in a farmyard, seemingly relaxed, but a brood of trees and distant humped hills like burial mounds spoil the bucolic mood.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But getting from laboratory breakthrough to farmyard reality isn't simple.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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The name of the town near the ranch, Teuchitlán, has become a rallying cry for justice and shorthand for distrust in the government.—
Patrick J. McDonnell,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
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The ranch has cabins, glamping tents on platforms overlooking the river, and 10 primitive tent sites that either offer mountain views or river access.—
Graham Averill,
Outside Online,
23 May 2025
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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmland. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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