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engaged in or concerned with agriculture
an agrarian community the nation's agrarian history
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Recent Examples of agrarian
The South, for its part, responded in kind: secession swiftly forged a fractured region into a reactive unity, bound by fear of emancipation and faith in a mythic agrarian freedom.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
What is the economy based on? Under Snow White’s parents’ rule, everything seemed like an agrarian paradise, a loosely medieval kingdom where everyone is always eating fruit and/or pies and/or fruit pies.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
The descendants of those celebrations, listed below in chronological order for the year, honor agrarian histories and promote unique regional foods, with pop concerts, giant anthropomorphic vegetables, and eating contests.
—Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
At the turn of the 20th century, America experienced social disruption, the result of a shift from a rural agrarian economy to an urban industrial economy.
—Dennis M. Powell, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2025
What is the economy based on? Under Snow White’s parents’ rule, everything seemed like an agrarian paradise, a loosely medieval kingdom where everyone is always eating fruit and/or pies and/or fruit pies.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 21 Mar. 2025
The descendants of those celebrations, listed below in chronological order for the year, honor agrarian histories and promote unique regional foods, with pop concerts, giant anthropomorphic vegetables, and eating contests.
—Naomi Tomky, AFAR Media, 3 Apr. 2025
At the turn of the 20th century, America experienced social disruption, the result of a shift from a rural agrarian economy to an urban industrial economy.
—Dennis M. Powell, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agrarian
agricultural
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Among the companies charting this alternative path is Organic India, a wellness brand that has woven regenerative organic agricultural practices into its DNA long before the term became a mainstream badge of sustainability.—
Christopher Marquis,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2025
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Last month, on the Farm Aid website, Nelson and veteran agricultural activist David Senter wrote an open letter directed at America’s young farmers, addressing this moment.—
Thom Duffy,
Billboard,
13 May 2025
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“Agrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agrarian. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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