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Recent Examples of campesino
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.
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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
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
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
My joy for contemplative platicas on porches comes from this southern campesino practice of pause.
—Nic Rodríguez Villafañe, refinery29.com, 13 July 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for campesino
Noun
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That's why the new trade agreements announced by the Trump administration this week are such a big deal for farmers and ranchers.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
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In doing so, his aim is to bridge the gap between cocoa farmers and customers, working directly with producers to make a genuine impact in their communities.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
Noun
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Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements, The Denver Post’s analysis of enforcement data found.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
20 Apr. 2025
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The lawsuit, filed in Denver District Court on Monday by cultivator and manufacturer Mammoth Farms, accuses the division of ignoring companies that are diverting legal weed to illicit markets in other states, and punishing whistleblowers who try to raise concerns.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
The Denver Post,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of slaves built and staffed the plantation for the family of prominent Louisiana planter John Hampden Randolph.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Please buy yourself some real indoor planters to go outside your bed.—
Caroline Framke,
Vulture,
16 May 2025
Noun
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If the sharecroppers were paid with actual money, the juke joint would have been profitable.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2025
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Sponsored by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, this initiative provided essential healthcare to Black sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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“Campesino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/campesino. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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