agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture
ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər 
: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
cleared the land to use it for agriculture
Examples of agriculture in a Sentence
They cleared the land to use it for agriculture.
the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture
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Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2025
More than 500,000 immigrant workers are part of the agriculture business, with Latinos comprising a fourth of jobs in food manufacturing and service industries.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
The push comes as employers report difficulty filling critical roles across industries such as construction, hospitality, agriculture and health care.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Others include transportation and distribution, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and construction.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/agriculture. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture
ˈag-ri-ˌkəl-chər
: the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock : farming
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