crops 1 of 2

plural of crop

crops

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of crop
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as in shaves
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 crops
Noun
Tending to crops, riding horses and working the land, these work boots were worn by farmers and cowboys alike. Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2026 The destruction of homes, crops, roads, and food supplies can turn a few days of flooding into a longer humanitarian disaster. Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2026 Surging diesel fuel prices hit a milestone as prices slam California’s economy, from trucks to crops. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026 Now that Roebbelen and his wife travel more often, neighbors are invited to grow their own crops there. David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026 Chief among the challenges is the crops' grain yield, said Lee DeHaan, who leads the Institute’s Kernza domestication program. ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026 These resources can be used to breed new varieties of crops that are higher yielding, more resilient to climate change, and more nutritious. Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026 See & Spray uses computer vision to distinguish weeds from crops and only sprays the weeds, cutting herbicide costs in half. Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026 Conventional fungicides like chlorothalonil (Daconil) and others are labeled for specific crops and diseases. Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
Scrolling through Reddit and X feels claustrophobic because the screen aggressively crops out so much content. Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 3 Aug. 2026 When a user uploads a photo, the algorithm locates the bee, crops the image and compares it to our database. Kansas City Star, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crops
Noun
  • Good timing prevents disease, improves harvests, and keeps trees healthy long-term.
    Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fortunately, other fruit trees are more beginner-friendly and still produce abundant harvests.
    Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • For groups of six to 10, the library offers a private dining space that can be booked ahead.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The $177 billion finding represents nearly 10% of federal discretionary spending, the groups said.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Clear communication grows when assumptions are continuously examined, not quietly carried.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The project is designed to give the grid more flexibility as electricity demand grows.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • That shaves a year off the typical 120-hour bachelor’s degree.
    ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • For example, using behind-the-meter battery storage or local generation during peak windows actively shaves expensive demand charges without sacrificing performance.
    Ray Fernandez, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Sadiq, with his versatility, is the key that unlocks those groupings.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Many of these countries were British colonies, some of which were also once part of British West Africa or British East Africa administrative groupings.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Like all classic noirs, Frank cultivates a sweaty, visceral realism to the main character’s desire to have a better life at any cost.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
  • To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.
    Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The change, announced in a presentation on Wednesday, is part of a broader shift in Microsoft’s reporting structure, as the company trims its operating segments from three to two.
    Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • To make things easier, Instagram rolled out a new First Draft tool on Tuesday that automatically trims your clips and prepares them for the next stage of the editing process.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • What the company is doing is buying batches of stock, creating a tokenized version of each share, and then offering contracts that provide customers with a financial claim on those tokens.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The type of salt always matters, but especially so in large batches.
    Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026

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“Crops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crops. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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