as in cultivator
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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Recent Examples of farmer
The company’s 2024 cotton harvest represents the collaborative efforts of 432 Indigenous farmers whose agricultural practices positively impact the environment and their local communities.
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Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
This comes at an inconvenient time as Midwest farmers are in harvest season.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
The Chinese pause on purchasing Americans soybeans had been a major part of the ongoing trade war and had deeply affected American farmers.
—ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
Zoeller added that he's heard farmers wonder why the United States doesn't have a domestic source of anhydrous ammonia.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
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Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
This comes at an inconvenient time as Midwest farmers are in harvest season.
—The Npr Network, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
The Chinese pause on purchasing Americans soybeans had been a major part of the ongoing trade war and had deeply affected American farmers.
—ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
Zoeller added that he's heard farmers wonder why the United States doesn't have a domestic source of anhydrous ammonia.
—Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmer
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Executive Director of the Office of Medical Cannabis Cannon Armstrong said three cultivators are in the process of growing.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
23 Oct. 2025
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Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Aeschylus’s telling of the myth includes the detail that Prometheus has a role as a data harvester of sorts, armed with information that helps Zeus and the Titans come to power, but also information about Zeus’s eventual downfall.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Experimental buys, scouting missions and a handful of harvester prototypes.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmer. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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