Thesaurus results for AGRICULTURE

agriculture

noun

ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər

as in farming

the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture

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Recent Examples of agriculture Trump is looking to bolster support for the agriculture industry at a time when farmers are struggling with the impact of tariffs and the Iran war. —

Zac Anderson, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026 Trinity’s people would have also been adept at making pottery, and Barrera said there’s evidence of there having been some agriculture in this area in the pre-colonial period. —

Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026 Placer County supervisors approved a $549,655 effort to develop an agriculture resilience plan that will guide future farmland protection and farming policies. —

Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026 Midwest agriculture is heavily mechanized, and those planters, tractors and combines use a lot of fuel. —

Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agriculture

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farming

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Residents of San Martin, the farming village of about 27 families in Sucumbios, told USA TODAY that the operation, which took place March 1-6, didn’t target drug traffickers.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
In Bridgehampton, and at A Room at the Beach in particular, Long Island’s east end reclaims its essence as a beautiful farming and beach community that happens to lie close to Manhattan.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Mar. 2026