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Recent Examples of campesino
On May 12, a group of rural campesinos staged a peaceful protest to draw attention to threats of land eviction.
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Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Mar. 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Mar. 2025
The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, Christian Science Monitor, 6 June 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Mar. 2025
The portraiture of a Black woman, along with the straw hat (an item synonymous with campesino iconography), brought together several concepts, and grew to become Catlett’s most renowned image in the eyes of many.
—Okla Jones, Essence, 23 Mar. 2025
The consequences were devastating for Andean campesinos of Indigenous descent, who had been a strong base of support for the new president.
—Stephanie McNulty & Sarah Chartock / Made By History, TIME, 10 Oct. 2024
The only way to keep vallenato alive is for the campesino to not be displaced.
—Daniella Tello-Garzon, refinery29.com, 6 Aug. 2024
In the 1980s, campesinos began to grow the fruit too.
—Viridiana Hernández Fernández, Discover Magazine, 3 June 2024
The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
This was particularly true at Ayotzinapa, thanks to a long guerrilla tradition: multiple campesino movements had flourished in Guerrero in the sixties and seventies, and two of their leaders, Lucio Cabañas and Genaro Vázquez Rojas, had close ties to the school.
—Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campesino
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Firn formulas, which contain between 85 percent and 99.9 percent natural ingredients, is dedicating 1 percent of its sales to a nonprofit helping farmers.—
Jennifer Weil,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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What to Do One of the best ways to discover a new city is to visit its farmers' market.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
29 June 2025
Noun
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Matías Litvak – An Argentine cultivator and activist based in Israel, Litvak oversaw cannabis R&D at Bar-Ilan University’s grow facilities.—
Javier Hasse,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
11 June 2025
Noun
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Celebrating the progress made and giving thanks, block party attendees watched the unveiling of two sculptures created by artist Kenya Moffett-Garner — two massive sculpted planters, featuring a man and woman and filled with flowers.—
Darcel Rockett,
Chicago Tribune,
6 July 2025
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If your outdoor space is in need of some TLC, now is your time to load up on decorative planters, string lights, and patio furniture sets — Amazon’s Fourth of July sale is on with patio and garden deals for up to 54 percent off.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
4 July 2025
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This most recent suite was inspired by a photo of a meteorite in an antique geology textbook, whose caption described its near-collision with an unnamed sharecropper in nineteen-twenties Mississippi.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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The idea was developed based on communal or cooperative communities in Israel and was implemented to help Black sharecroppers in Southwest Georgia who were being forced off their land by white farmers because of their participation in the Civil Rights Movement.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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