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
However, a senior ICE official sent an email Thursday to regional leaders of the ICE department, telling them to largely pause raids and arrests in restaurants, hotels and the agricultural industry, the New York Times reported Friday.
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Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Of this, $45 is allocated to state highway infrastructure and $25 to agricultural promotions through the commission, according to its president and CEO, Jamey Higham.
—Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
Now, your union advised agricultural employers to harden work sites.
—A Martínez, NPR, 13 June 2025
But falling water levels may threaten municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025
Of this, $45 is allocated to state highway infrastructure and $25 to agricultural promotions through the commission, according to its president and CEO, Jamey Higham.
—Amaia Gavica, Idaho Statesman, 14 June 2025
Now, your union advised agricultural employers to harden work sites.
—A Martínez, NPR, 13 June 2025
But falling water levels may threaten municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agricultural
agrarian
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Through the rejection of violence and the building of a peaceful agrarian society in accordance with Georgist principles, Tolstoy believed that the Christian task of creating the kingdom of God could be accomplished, not as a longed-for afterlife, but as a living, historic reality.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2025
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The Nuba were traditionally agrarian, but by the late twentieth century raising cattle had become an important part of their livelihood.—
Nicolas Niarchos,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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“Agricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agricultural. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.
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