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
Goats were among the first animals domesticated in Ireland and have been farmed there since Neolithic times.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The architect’s roots in the area run deep—his mother’s side of the family farmed the land from his boyhood—and today, the Taliesin estate functions as something of a crash course for architectural enthusiasts hoping to understand how Frank Lloyd Wright lived and worked.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
Claude's responses to these prompts are farmed en masse either for direct training of the Chinese models or for a process known as reinforcement learning, a data-intensive approach in which AI models learn decision-making through trial and error in the absence of human guidance.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Nhlanhla Zuma farmed this 9-acre plot for 20 years.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Feb. 2026
The architect’s roots in the area run deep—his mother’s side of the family farmed the land from his boyhood—and today, the Taliesin estate functions as something of a crash course for architectural enthusiasts hoping to understand how Frank Lloyd Wright lived and worked.
—Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
Claude's responses to these prompts are farmed en masse either for direct training of the Chinese models or for a process known as reinforcement learning, a data-intensive approach in which AI models learn decision-making through trial and error in the absence of human guidance.
—Matthew Chin, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Nhlanhla Zuma farmed this 9-acre plot for 20 years.
—Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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The metamorphosis — cultivated by the city and fueled by developers — is bringing dramatic change to the Pompano skyline, generating buzz locally and beyond.—
Susannah Bryan,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Mar. 2026
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Stanton cultivated a group of women-abolitionist friends, first at her and Henry’s home, in Boston, and then at a house that her father gave her along the new Erie Canal, in the western New York town of Seneca Falls.—
Moira Donegan,
New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2026
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These typically need to be hand-harvested or using some machinery such as trunk shakers.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
16 Mar. 2026
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Smaller, heavily-competing trees can still be harvested and sold if done in support of restoration and the forest’s return to old-growth characteristics.—
Evan Mills,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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March Madness often requires a kind of commitment that keeps you planted on the couch, eyes fixed on the TV, snacks within reach.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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The field is planted with a profusion of Wildflowers including Oxeye daisies, Field Scabious, Knapweed, and Kidney Vetch.—
Caroline Donald,
Architectural Digest,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmed. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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