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Recent Examples of arable
And the infrastructure needed for adequate food production – greenhouses, arable lands, orchards, livestock and food production facilities – has been destroyed or heavily damaged.
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
These plots comprised one of four habitat types: forest, grassland, arable land and human settlements (Figure 2, also see Figure 3).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The country has huge gold reserves and the second-largest amount of arable land in Africa, and both domestic and foreign interests are struggling for control of these resources.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
Boosting agriculture Angola imports over half of its food and currently only 10% of arable land is cultivated.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
These plots comprised one of four habitat types: forest, grassland, arable land and human settlements (Figure 2, also see Figure 3).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
The country has huge gold reserves and the second-largest amount of arable land in Africa, and both domestic and foreign interests are struggling for control of these resources.
—Mai Hassan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025
Boosting agriculture Angola imports over half of its food and currently only 10% of arable land is cultivated.
—Tom Page, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arable
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The National Park Service warns, however, that these invasive insects could pose a threat to agricultural production.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
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The pause on worksite immigration enforcement operations applies to the agricultural, hospitality and restaurant industries, which rely in large part on labor from immigrants, many of whom are in the U.S. unlawfully, the sources said, requesting anonymity to discuss internal actions.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 June 2025
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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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“Arable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arable. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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