farmhands

Definition of farmhandsnext
plural of farmhand

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • For over a century, Black farmers have been systematically denied loans, excluded from federal relief programs and pushed off their land through discriminatory policies and legal loopholes.
    Martine Thompson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Landon says farmers and ranchers are the backbone of the country, but often suffer in silence.
    Conor McGill, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • While some growers don't bother to stake or cage determinate tomatoes, providing some support will help prevent the plant from tipping over from the weight of the fruit or strong winds.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2026
  • By focusing on arbitrary numbers rather than specific pathogens, the state forces legal growers to treat safe flower, stripping it of quality.
    Rino Ferrarese, Hartford Courant, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Several defendants are members of the Ohio Cannabis Coalition, a marijuana trade association representing cultivators, dispensaries, processors and testing labs.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The planters come in a set of two and are offered in four simple colors, each of which will let colorful flowers and leafy options stand out.
    Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2026
  • They won’t be planted in the ground but instead will be in planters.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Farmhands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmhands. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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