as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year
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Recent Examples of farmed
Earthrise rejected Becker’s arguments that the application does not properly identify wetlands that have been farmed.
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Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The titular town is a serene speck of a place in the west of Japan, near a mountain also called Nagi, a beautiful but raggedy landscape that patchworks swathes of virgin forest, farmed fields and twinkling solar panels.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Some melon varieties can even be dry farmed, meaning that their water needs are satisfied by winter rain alone.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Most of Grasse jasmine is grown by the Mul family, who, since the 1800s, has farmed the land for six generations.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Alicia Fabbre, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
The titular town is a serene speck of a place in the west of Japan, near a mountain also called Nagi, a beautiful but raggedy landscape that patchworks swathes of virgin forest, farmed fields and twinkling solar panels.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Some melon varieties can even be dry farmed, meaning that their water needs are satisfied by winter rain alone.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
Most of Grasse jasmine is grown by the Mul family, who, since the 1800s, has farmed the land for six generations.
—Cecilia Vega, CBS News, 3 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmed
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Insider tip Yunnan and Kunming are known for their flowers, both wild and cultivated, so the hotel’s floral arrangements and garden landscapes are particularly beautiful.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
12 June 2026
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CookUnity, a meal preparation subscription service with menus cultivated by local chefs, provides 40 to 60 half plates filled with ready-to-go meals, and places like Turnberry sometimes provide shrimp and other quality ingredients.—
Delia Rose Sauer,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
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Follow-on attacks are likely to occur in the highly feasible event that credentials were successfully harvested from machines that opened the packages in one of the affected AI agents.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
8 June 2026
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That includes marine species—such as sea cucumbers, seahorses and shark fins, which are illegally harvested and sold for possible medicinal uses or as food.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
7 June 2026
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Some villagers sat in the shade of towering fig trees, while others planted yams or dug the soil with tree branches.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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There, golden bamboo is freshly planted, new curvilinear furniture is featured, high tea is served and Mount Fuji can be spied in the jaw-dropping panoramas on clear days.—
Carrie Bell,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmed. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.
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