as in ranch
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a farm that has been in the same family for five generations
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Recent Examples of farm
Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Departing from its 1905 depot like a moving postcard, the train follows the Toccoa River, passing sycamores and sourwoods, rolling hills, and farms along the way.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Noun
What Mill does is preserve food as a resource, keeping nutrients intact so they can be used to feed soil or farms.
—Chelsea Davis, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Departing from its 1905 depot like a moving postcard, the train follows the Toccoa River, passing sycamores and sourwoods, rolling hills, and farms along the way.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
Mexican national daily newspaper El Financiero reported that Licea Garibay also farmed tomatoes in nearby Michoacán.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Andrea spends his free time here when not traveling the world performing, while his younger brother Alberto and his family quietly tend to the 300 acres of grain fields, vines, and olive trees, safeguarding the land their ancestors once farmed as sharecroppers.
—Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farm
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The sisters flee to the ranch to avoid arrest, taking precautionary measures to conceal themselves.—
Isabella Wandermurem,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Jett’s ranch, as well as two properties in Los Angeles County, were transferred to him, and Von Ferdinand also purchased another residence in Los Angeles County, allegedly with money wired from Jett’s bank account.—
City News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, cultivating students’ self-belief is often the biggest hurdle school leaders face, Branham said.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
4 Sep. 2025
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Through the inevitable challenges of constant change, the bonds an entrepreneur cultivates in the present can prompt their greatest accomplishments in the near future.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In cooler regions, plants are commonly planted in spring for an early season color and cut back in summer when plants decline due to heat.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Hundreds of security forces searched for additional attackers or explosives that could have been planted around the area.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Here's exactly how to harvest the seeds for a successful tomato season the next year.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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Many of the procurement decisions were made too late, well after a crop was already harvested.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance.—
Elena Valeriote,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farm. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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