as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
an agrarian community the nation's agrarian history
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Recent Examples of agrarian
The frontline feels like a giant game of Pac-Man as Russians try to gobble up remote agrarian villages where hardscrabble families eke out a desperate living.
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Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Today, traces of its agrarian past can be found woven into daily life.
—Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
The group trains in Livermore at Basso’s Arena, tucked within the Tri-Valley’s rolling hills, where the agrarian lifestyle barely escapes the hustle and bustle of highway traffic and dense, multi-story buildings.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
The natural disaster effectively wiped out thousands of years of human economic development, turning us back into an agrarian society overnight.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 1 July 2025
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Susan Mathison, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
Today, traces of its agrarian past can be found woven into daily life.
—Lea Dlugosch, Travel + Leisure, 22 July 2025
The group trains in Livermore at Basso’s Arena, tucked within the Tri-Valley’s rolling hills, where the agrarian lifestyle barely escapes the hustle and bustle of highway traffic and dense, multi-story buildings.
—Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 12 July 2025
The natural disaster effectively wiped out thousands of years of human economic development, turning us back into an agrarian society overnight.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agrarian
agricultural
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For the first time, Farm Aid, a nonprofit agricultural organization, will bring its annual music and food festival to Minneapolis.—
CNN Staff,
CNN Money,
3 Sep. 2025
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Other contributing factors include animal and agricultural waste and failing septic systems.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Agrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agrarian. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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