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as in batch
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far
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as in to grow
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame
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Recent Examples of crop
Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The team plans to adapt the system for other major food and energy crops, including cereals and legumes, and integrate it further with precision genome editing.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Maura Murphy, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
The Spring-Summer 2026 show opened with a suit, the jacket cropped at the waist and the sleeves rolled up.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The almanac was a primary source of long-range weather predictions and agricultural information for farmers for generations, recommending planting times and helping farmers plan their commercial crops and energy usage.
—Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The team plans to adapt the system for other major food and energy crops, including cereals and legumes, and integrate it further with precision genome editing.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
But users can easily crop them out.
—Maura Murphy, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
The Spring-Summer 2026 show opened with a suit, the jacket cropped at the waist and the sleeves rolled up.
—Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crop
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While the wild harvest is prominent, there is growing interest in establishing commercial black walnut orchards in Arkansas and the Midwest, representing a long-term investment.—
Randy Moll,
Arkansas Online,
11 Nov. 2025
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The arson attack is the latest in what has become an increasingly violent period in the West Bank during the olive harvest.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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ByHeart has voluntarily recalled all batches of its ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula cans and all Anywhere Packs.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
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ByHeart, a manufacturer of organic baby formula, recalled all of its products sold nationwide Tuesday, days after some batches were recalled in an expanding outbreak of infant botulism.—
Jonel Aleccia,
Fortune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Several of the production facilities that CNN analyzed have swiftly replaced villages and farmland, growing by tens of thousands of square feet in the past five years.—
Tamara Qiblawi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Though George Washington and the press started off amicably, their relationship grew more adversarial once journalists began criticizing the nation’s first president.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Nov. 2025
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Deeper cuts could be a 'stretch' Glendale has already asked residents to shave down their water use after shortages hit the Colorado River.—
Austin Corona,
AZCentral.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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And the only questions she's getting asked are about shaving her head.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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At the time, the FBI said the hackers responsible belonged to criminal group Darkside, believed to be based in Russia.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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In addition to the murder charge, Thompson faces charges of committing a terroristic act, aggravated assault, engaging in violent criminal group activity and endangering the welfare of a minor, according to the jail roster.—
Rafael Escalera Montoto,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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These experiences cultivated a mindset attuned to complexity and dependable systems.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Through gatherings like this one, the Compass is cultivating the spaces and systems that make creativity sustainable.—
Essence,
Essence,
6 Nov. 2025
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An emergency order by the FAA on Thursday said airlines have to cut traffic by 4%, resulting in about 800 flight cancellations for Friday that increased to over 1,000 throughout the day, according to FlightAware.—
Emma Tucker,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Southwest Airlines cut about 120 flights Friday.—
JOSH FUNK,
Arkansas Online,
8 Nov. 2025
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Some wonky orbital math suggests that Jupiter’s gravitational influence could have condensed rubble from the breakup into such a grouping.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the fall, Hempstead recommends hiking just beyond Chester Lake to Elephant Rocks, a grouping of huge limestone boulders surrounded by coniferous trees called larches, whose soft needles turn buttery yellow in late September.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crop. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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