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a
: a 4-wheeled or tracklaying automotive vehicle used especially for drawing farm equipment
b
: a smaller 2-wheeled apparatus controlled through handlebars by a walking operator
2
: an airplane having the propeller forward of the main supporting surfaces
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When the technology breaks down, so does the tractor, requiring a technician to fix.
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Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
After Lamont floated the idea, some Democrats were cool to the proposal, saying that the potential cuts in gasoline and diesel taxes would also help out-of-state drivers and tractor-trailer operators who would gas up in Connecticut.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Driving east on Route 80 toward the Meta site in Holly Ridge, an unincorporated rural community about 15 minutes east of Rayville—the landscape is defined by flat expanses of soybean and cotton fields, punctuated by grain silos, grazing cows, and the occasional tractor.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Midwest agriculture is heavily mechanized, and those planters, tractors and combines use a lot of fuel.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
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Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
After Lamont floated the idea, some Democrats were cool to the proposal, saying that the potential cuts in gasoline and diesel taxes would also help out-of-state drivers and tractor-trailer operators who would gas up in Connecticut.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2026
Driving east on Route 80 toward the Meta site in Holly Ridge, an unincorporated rural community about 15 minutes east of Rayville—the landscape is defined by flat expanses of soybean and cotton fields, punctuated by grain silos, grazing cows, and the occasional tractor.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
Midwest agriculture is heavily mechanized, and those planters, tractors and combines use a lot of fuel.
—Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Tractor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tractor. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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tractor
noun
trac·tor
ˈtrak-tər 
1
: a vehicle that has large rear wheels or moves on tracks and is used especially for pulling farm implements
2
: a short truck with no body used in combination with a trailer for hauling freight
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