campesino

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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. 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 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
Noun
  • There are farmers' markets all over the county offering everything from fruits and veggies to jams and maple syrup, and picturesque towns and villages like Fleischmanns, Walton, and Hobart provide scenic locales for strolling, shopping, and dining.
    Beth Luberecki, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The first Dutch original film on Disney+, The Balloonist shows what happens when young chicken farmer Gaby's predictable life is upended by a hot air balloon crashing into her coop.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    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
Noun
  • The weekend is highlighted by the iconic pumpkin weigh-off, which draws growers from across the globe to compete for a grand prize.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Ivory™ Camellia is a vigorous grower, maturing to a height of six to eight feet tall and spreading five to seven feet wide.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Those businesses have been waiting for cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities to establish a supply of products to sell to customers.
    Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Gone are the spring porch planters and airy summer decor.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • The white decorative planter holding the bouquet features her As Ever lifestyle brand's logo.
    Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The daughter of sharecroppers, she was raised by her grandparents.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement For the next several years, activists knocked on the doors of sharecroppers and drove folks to county registrars’ offices, often facing denials or delays, arrests, and violence.
    Time, Time, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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