farmhand

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Recent Examples of farmhand But even a small amount of gold could make the poor farmhands who rushed west feel wealthy. Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 Jeffrey Viel drew back into the lineup on the fourth line with Sean Kuraly and Mikey Eyssimont while Alex Steeves, the former Toronto farmhand who was recalled from Providence, will see second-line duty with Pavel Zacha and Viktor Arvidsson. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 8 Nov. 2025 Aside from these Nazi-ish tendencies, Frankenstein is erotically obsessed with the borders of life and death, with wounds and organs being specific sites of fascination; meanwhile, Katrin’s attraction to a lowly, virile farmhand (Joe Dallesandro) jeopardises the sanctity of the experiments. Rory Doherty, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025 When an unlucky farmhand gets bitten, the disease spreads to humans. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for farmhand
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmhand
Noun
  • The Farmers' Almanac was founded in 1818 in New Jersey to provide weather predictions for farmers' crops.
    Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Building a bridge between farmers and wildlife conservation is the goal behind a new project designed to help salmon populations recover in California's Central Valley.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Give your 19th-century plowman a dozen hard ciders, though, and see whether that plays a more significant role in his evening than his urge to pull himself up by his bootstraps.
    Dan Brooks, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This is the case the company Kara Water is making for putting an atmospheric water harvester in your kitchen, one of the first companies in the retail space.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The harvester can also run continuously when plugged into mains power, or it can be powered by a portable external battery pack.
    Shirl Leigh January 20, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are humans in the cabin of the combine - mostly agronomists who study the operations and yield, and use this information to optimize seeding plans for next season.
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
  • But when a patient recognizes him from his dangerous past, Brown has eight hours to elude the government, mob hitmen, quack surgeons, and a trail of dead gangers to beat the reaper somehow.
    Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • What Florida agriculture faces from the cold Freeze watches and warnings let growers and food producers, particularly those with sensitive plants including Florida citrus, to take protective measures in their fields to help crops withstand cold temperatures that could damage or kill them.
    Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But profits are declining, and this year, many growers have left their grapes to rot on the vine.
    James Taylor, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Breeder-educator James Loud brings yet another angle, centering on genetics literacy, breeder certification and transparent breeding practices that appeal to both hobbyists and more experienced cultivators.
    Sara Payan, Rolling Stone, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Amy Wessner, a Mountain View resident, bought fresh vegetables from Swank Farms, a cultivator from Hollister.
    Kyle Martin, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025

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“Farmhand.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhand. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.

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