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
Idaho’s pest management programs traditionally deal with agrarian problems, like noxious weeds, or agricultural raiders like pocket gophers, marmots or voracious insects.
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Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Perched between China and India, the country of 30 million people has been plagued for decades by political instability, crippling a largely agrarian economy and worsening unemployment – structural issues compounded by rampant corruption.
—CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
In the 1920s, oil drilling helped lift the economy of Venezuela, previously a very poor, largely agrarian country.
—Antonio MacHado Allison, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
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Mark Dee
march 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
Perched between China and India, the country of 30 million people has been plagued for decades by political instability, crippling a largely agrarian economy and worsening unemployment – structural issues compounded by rampant corruption.
—CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.
—Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
In the 1920s, oil drilling helped lift the economy of Venezuela, previously a very poor, largely agrarian country.
—Antonio MacHado Allison, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for agrarian
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agrarian
agricultural
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Each is near or on agricultural land, with at least one-fifth of the surrounding area used for grazing fields or crops, and would together supply about 20 gigawatts of electricity if built.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Martinez and Winter added an amendment tightening penalties for agricultural wage theft.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Agrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agrarian. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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