farmed

Definition of farmednext
past tense of farm
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 Playing his first game in the tournament, Shadab scored 113 not out off 96 balls and farmed most of the strike. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 Once-fringe parties advocating permanent Israeli control over the West Bank, and the expansion of settlements into areas where Palestinians have long lived or farmed, have gained a far more influential voice. — Ned Temko, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Oct. 2026 Following the Blackfoot River and then crossing the Continental Divide, golden aspen trees give way to wide-open fields for wheat and peas where Tester's family has farmed for over a century. — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026 Her designs are crafted in France using leather farmed in France and tanned in Italy, and are constructed entirely without stitching, using an innovative system of folding, assembly and rivets. — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026 Bullseye Farms is owned by the Beeman family, who have farmed in Yolo County for more than 150 years. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 All of the water used in the resort is processed directly from the ocean on their on-site desalinization facility, and energy is farmed by two windmills catching the island’s regular air currents. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026 In Corning, Gaesser farmed thousands of acres of farmland with his wife, Elaine, and son, Chris. — Isabelle Foland, Des Moines Register, 6 Sep. 2026 The vineyard has been farmed organically since 1998 and biodynamically since 2000. — Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmed
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  • Indígena by Owamni in Minneapolis serves manoomin, among many other wild and cultivated foods native to the Americas.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The Lone Star State native has cultivated a warm reverence for many of his costars across 40 years in film and TV, as Hawke shares in the latest installment of Vanity Fair’s Scene Selection.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 27 Oct. 2026
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  • Dating back millennia, Alaska Native communities have stewarded and sustainably harvested wild salmon runs, building smokehouses and summer fish camps (many of which are still in use).
    — Kate Nelson, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Under the Soil Association’s rules, products carrying its seal of approval are 100% natural, and at least 70% of their non-water ingredients are organically grown and harvested.
    — Brianna Peters, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
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  • Some Kurdish women describe violations of their bodily autonomy—having something foreign planted into the Kurdish female body through torture, rape, and trauma in the collective memory.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The memorial included plaques and a tree planted in Johnson's memory.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Farmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmed. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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