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Recent Examples of agriculture Others include transportation and distribution, agriculture, mining, manufacturing and construction. Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 14 Oct. 2025 It could be used, for example, to help ensure farmers were looking after their soil and practicing regenerative agriculture. Zoe Corbyn, Time, 14 Oct. 2025 With time, the mussels would cling to and clog up surfaces like irrigation pipes and hydroelectric equipment, threatening serious damage to Idaho agriculture and power projects. Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 14 Oct. 2025 Bipin Joshi, a Nepalese agriculture student who was in Israel to study, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Alumim, according to The Times of Israel. Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for agriculture
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farming
Noun
  • As early as the 1620s, the Dutch and English settlers who established farming and fishing communities came into conflict with the remnants of Algonquian-speaking peoples.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Harvest season was the worst, Nandudu says, because couples would fight over how to spend the money earned from coffee farming, leading to a surge in domestic violence.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Agriculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agriculture. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.

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