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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmlands
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Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
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Then the farms were abandoned, the forests grew back and the deer returned.
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Canals from the Deschutes still wind through Bend’s neighborhoods of single-family homes, and then to the estates, farms, ranches and destination resorts on the city’s outskirts.
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The area of Texas where Gracie is wandering is extremely rural, with many ranches that are privately owned, along with foliage and rough terrain.
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Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.
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Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.
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The beginnings of modern Miami Early American settlers attempted to establish plantations along the Miami River, though many failed to prosper.
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Starting in the seventeenth century, Spanish colonists enslaved Africans and brought them to the coffee and cocoa plantations that were concentrated in the area.
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“Farmlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmlands. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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