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Recent Examples of cropland
Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.
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Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
This year, lawmakers rejected a bill to promote solar farms that coexist with cropland.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
The river and its tributaries provide water for about 5 million acres of cropland and pasture, hydroelectric power for millions of people, recreation in the Grand Canyon, and critical habitat for fish and other wildlife.
—Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
Between 2016 and 2040, California is projected to lose more cropland to urbanization than any other state — over 300,000 acres — according to a 2022 American Farmland Trust study.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
This year, lawmakers rejected a bill to promote solar farms that coexist with cropland.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
The river and its tributaries provide water for about 5 million acres of cropland and pasture, hydroelectric power for millions of people, recreation in the Grand Canyon, and critical habitat for fish and other wildlife.
—Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
Between 2016 and 2040, California is projected to lose more cropland to urbanization than any other state — over 300,000 acres — according to a 2022 American Farmland Trust study.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropland
Noun
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His extended family owns roughly 1,200 acres of farmland in the region and grows cotton, wheat, grapes, melons and pistachios.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Urban sewage and farmland runoff turned it into a toxic canal.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In The History of Sound, Mescal plays Lionel Worthing, a talented singer from rural Kentucky who leaves his family farm to attend the Boston Music Conservatory.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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At the time of the trial, troops were providing security during raids on marijuana farms outside Los Angeles.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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