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
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.
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Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The area has been farmed by his ancestors since 1810.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
His family farmed beef, sheep, corn, and soybeans.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Its land is farmed communally, and its lord, Master Kent (Harry Melling), is a benevolent soul who prefers coaxing and rewarding to ordering and punishing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
The area has been farmed by his ancestors since 1810.
—Vivian Jones, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
His family farmed beef, sheep, corn, and soybeans.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2025
Its land is farmed communally, and its lord, Master Kent (Harry Melling), is a benevolent soul who prefers coaxing and rewarding to ordering and punishing.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmed
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Throughout her career, Manna has cultivated and managed partnerships with dozens of distribution partners.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sorghum fields planted around our family farm this year are courtesy of and cultivated by the Wappel family, our neighbors just down the road.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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Officials don't recommend consuming any meat from animals that are visibly sick, but healthy deer harvested from areas where EHD has been present are still safe to eat, the DNR says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Like the harvest moon, the corn moon takes its name from the fact that crops are harvested at this time of year in North America.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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That tree, which was planted back in 1832, becomes the connective tissue literally, biologically and possibly metaphysically, between Tony and two scientists who preceded him at the same institution.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The nursery has cleared water-thirsty plants and planted 100,000 indigenous trees since 2012.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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