as in ranch
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a farm that has been in the same family for five generations
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Recent Examples of farm
Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The animal farm had a two-meter-high fence enclosing it, half of it underground.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
ABC News,
25 June 2026
Lawsuit from the 'spray guy' Introduced in the 1970s, Roundup quickly became the top-selling herbicide in the United States and integral to farming.
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Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Noun
Even hydrangeas from a farm stand.
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Mark Seliger,
Vulture,
22 June 2026
The animal farm had a two-meter-high fence enclosing it, half of it underground.
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Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
22 June 2026
Verb
The house and gardens are open to the public, with much of the land farmed either by the estate itself or tenants.
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ABC News,
25 June 2026
Lawsuit from the 'spray guy' Introduced in the 1970s, Roundup quickly became the top-selling herbicide in the United States and integral to farming.
—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
25 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farm
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Once the ranch opens, the program will be free and offered as an option for those who are Medicaid-eligible through partnering organizations throughout the state.
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Videos of World Cup tourists trying — and raving — about Taco Bell, ranch dressing, even gas station Twinkies, have become the most durable meme of this year’s tournament.
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Organizations that successfully fought for voting rights, educational opportunity, and political representation did not always cultivate the next generation of leadership with the same effectiveness.
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Swift has cultivated a loyal collective of her favorite brands, including Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Area (recall her famous Super Bowl jeans).
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Under the Biden administration, federal taxpayers paid farmers billions of dollars to stop planting crops, but that's considered a short-term solution too expensive to maintain indefinitely.
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Other summer camps soon planted flags of their own.
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At Valley Paving, crews harvest the raw materials from the land, a mix of sand and gravel.
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Anyone who’s sat that long in the dark—through Ben-Hur, Jaws 3-D, and The Legend of Bagger Vance—has sown and harvested many seasons of doubt.
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Others are tilling similar ground, with MS NOW working to launch a broadband subscription offering that focuses on its community of viewers.
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Prepare the soil through core aeration or tilling 4 to 6 inches deep.
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farm. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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