arable

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Recent Examples of arable The hum of the highway reached us across an arable field. Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026 There’s also a fully operational farm with 1,149 arable acres and extensive infrastructure, along with equestrian facilities comprising two professional racing yards, private gallops, numerous paddocks, and a racecourse that was refurbished in 2018. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 26 May 2026 That this surprisingly moving scene is then revealed to be merely imaginary is another example of the hesitant screenplay’s frustrating tendency not to follow through on the most obviously dramatic consequences of its arable premise. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2026 That is another area in which dreams smack into the reality of Cuban state, which owns 80% of all arable land. Sarah Moreno updated March 24, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for arable
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Adjective
  • Easier discussions will be held around tariffs and agricultural products like soybeans, while AI, autos, technology and e-commerce will feature on the agenda, said the official, who asked for anonymity to discuss private conversations.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The agricultural region is particularly famous for its colorful spring tulip fields, which transform acres of farmland into brilliant stripes of red, yellow, pink, and purple.
    Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Some of that uptick is the monocultural nature of the game.
    J.J. Bailey, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • Work on the 2025 vintage includes the use of Bouquet, a disease-resistant variety, a choice that is, allegedly, both agronomic and commercial.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • An agronomic guide or a turf guide will provide the optimal mower height for your specific type of grass.
    Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 6 June 2026
Adjective
  • Herb and vegetable gardens, fruit trees, wine grapes and beehives add an agrarian dimension.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Rather, my aim in the following pages is to show how a set of novels by Gallegos and Güiraldes posed and answered agrarian questions in a manner that only the novel could, on the level of aesthetic form.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Connecticut has also seen a boom in backyard growers popping up in suburban neighborhoods with micro-farming businesses becoming more popular.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
  • Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Arable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arable. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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