as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
went from being a simple soybean farmer to an agronomist specializing in soil management
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Recent Examples of agronomist
The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four.
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Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.
—Jill Barth, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for agronomist
farmer
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Beans are sourced from Puerto Rico as part of Nespresso’s efforts to help farmers impacted by Hurricane Fiona.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
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Cindy subsequently joins forces with a farmer, Tom (Charlie Sheen), and his battle-rapping brother, George (Simon Rex), to get to the bottom of it.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Agronomist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agronomist. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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