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Recent Examples of till
Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But as a foundation, the first season tills fertile ground with rich initial results.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
How the search works The diamond search area at the park consists of plowed dirt that the park staff tills regularly to bring new material to the surface.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Mother Ezumi then called out the names of four other Sisters who would remain on the campus with the junior novices as a faculty skeleton crew, with the former attending to school administration and the latter engaged in their customary truck patch tilling.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Verb
The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance.
—Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
But as a foundation, the first season tills fertile ground with rich initial results.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025
How the search works The diamond search area at the park consists of plowed dirt that the park staff tills regularly to bring new material to the surface.
—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025
Mother Ezumi then called out the names of four other Sisters who would remain on the campus with the junior novices as a faculty skeleton crew, with the former attending to school administration and the latter engaged in their customary truck patch tilling.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for till
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Once a prominent participant in the Oslo peace process, Barghouti was known for cultivating ties with senior Israeli officials.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Taínos cultivated different crops ranging from fruits to sweet potatoes, yams, and peanuts.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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These included the Montaukett, Shinnecock, and Matinecock people, who had lived in semi-permanent villages and hunted, fished, and farmed on the island for centuries.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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Anyone farming more than two acres on land with a non-exempt well would need to report their water use.—
Clara Migoya,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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As Somali woman with an A-beauty brand, both lip tints have references to African culture, while the ingredients behind the salves are with respect to the African communities they’re harvested in.—
Essence,
Essence,
20 Oct. 2025
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Potatoes are easier to harvest when the soil is dry, and dry conditions also make potato skins a little thicker.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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With Zacha planted in the slot, Charlie McAvoy sent a pass down low to him and Zacha made a nifty touch pass to Pastrnak at the side of the net.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
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The food court had a spread of pizza, hot dogs, and squares of sheet cake, a plastic fork planted neatly atop each.—
Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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There’s a lot of stuff in the ocean, and marine debris tends to aggregate in the same places as does the whale sharks’ primary prey.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Chickens with reddish-brown feathers and red earlobes tend to lay brown eggs.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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