as in agrarian
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood
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Recent Examples of agricultural
Trump’s carve out for Afrikaners was partly spurred in reaction to a 2024 South African law that seeks to address the concentration of agricultural land in the hands of white South Africans.
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 May 2025
The Chinese government swiftly responded by imposing equally sized import duties on U.S. natural gas, coal, farm machinery, food, and some specific agricultural products.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
Image Subsidies and trade restrictions help to keep Europe’s agricultural system intact.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Eiichi Sakauye, who passed away in 2005, became a prominent figure in the agricultural community.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 May 2025
The Chinese government swiftly responded by imposing equally sized import duties on U.S. natural gas, coal, farm machinery, food, and some specific agricultural products.
—Matthew Medsger, Boston Herald, 12 May 2025
Image Subsidies and trade restrictions help to keep Europe’s agricultural system intact.
—Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Eiichi Sakauye, who passed away in 2005, became a prominent figure in the agricultural community.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for agricultural
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agricultural
agrarian
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Just beyond the epic Castle Howard in rural North Yorkshire, about 200 miles north of London, stands the Silos, another architectural marvel that is a modern homage to the area’s agrarian past.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
6 May 2025
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The film makes more than a token effort to explore the material and psychological realities of life under fascist rule, and the transformation of a charming agrarian utopia into an austere military dictatorship.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Agricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agricultural. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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