agricultural
adjective
ag·ri·cul·tur·al
ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl 
: of, relating to, used in, or concerned with agriculture
agriculturally
adverb
Examples of agricultural in a Sentence
the state's main agricultural product
he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood
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Lysenko, who was tapped to guide the country’s agricultural reforms, had a range of pseudoscientific ideas, including that the environment, not genes, primarily determined an organism’s traits and that members of the same species don’t compete.
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Earlier this month, Cornell University, also targeted with a federal funding freeze, agreed to pay $30 million to the government and invest an equal amount into agricultural research to restore $250 million in frozen grant money.
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Ali Mirchi, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
As the company explains, the development builds on earlier efforts to bring lower-emission equipment into mainstream agricultural use while still meeting the day-to-day expectations of farmers who rely on dependable power and long-duty-cycle equipment.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 30 Nov. 2025
Lysenko, who was tapped to guide the country’s agricultural reforms, had a range of pseudoscientific ideas, including that the environment, not genes, primarily determined an organism’s traits and that members of the same species don’t compete.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
Earlier this month, Cornell University, also targeted with a federal funding freeze, agreed to pay $30 million to the government and invest an equal amount into agricultural research to restore $250 million in frozen grant money.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 29 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for agricultural
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“Agricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agricultural. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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agricultural
adjective
ag·ri·cul·tur·al
ˌag-ri-ˈkəlch-(ə-)rəl
1
: of, relating to, or used in agriculture
agricultural machinery
2
: engaged in or concerned with agriculture
an agricultural society
agriculturally
adverb
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