Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crofters
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For growers focused on productivity, other grapes offered an easier path.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026 -
As inflation and supply chains disruptions caused prices at the grocery store to soar, and a cultural movement toward sustainable, organic eating increased, the number of backyard growers and micro-farmers are rapidly growing across Connecticut.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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All my grandparents were sharecroppers in Mississippi before migrating to Gary in the late 1920s.—
Lori Latham,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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Black sharecroppers and farm workers used music to process segregation, deep poverty and systemic violence.—
USA TODAY Network,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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More recently, soybean croppers were angered by the financial support lent to Argentina, which went on to ship large quantities of its own soybeans to China.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But one of the state's largest cannabis cultivators says that promise is beginning to break down.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The representatives argued that bad actors are unfairly driving down prices and shifting the tax burden to manufacturers and cultivators who are trying to follow the rules.—
Christopher Osher,
ProPublica,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Currently, the west side of Mellon Square features large planters and a continuous walkway with limited seating.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Wealthy planters, merchants and political leaders lived in and around Williamsburg.—
Danuta Hamlin,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
Noun
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America has largely been out of tune regarding that refrain, but its greatest defenders of democracy and its tillers for a better world have not.—
Ken Makin,
Christian Science Monitor,
18 May 2025
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Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.—
Evelyne Musambi,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Elsewhere in Kigali, a group of young agronomists are training farmers to adopt technologies such as hydroponics to maximize productivity, using water instead of soil.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Crofters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crofters. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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