as in agriculture
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family
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as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities
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as in cultivating
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 farming
Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
In the heyday of the state’s dairy farming industry — the 1950s and ’60s — Connecticut had nearly 1,000 dairy farms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Ens was regularly farming outside, milking cows by hand, plowing fields and helping her family butcher animals.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
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Noun
In response, farmers have turned to TikTok to improve their farming skills, and find new buyers for their crops.
—Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 4 Mar. 2026
In the heyday of the state’s dairy farming industry — the 1950s and ’60s — Connecticut had nearly 1,000 dairy farms.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
In my view, many of those landowners do not want to continue farming.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
Ens was regularly farming outside, milking cows by hand, plowing fields and helping her family butcher animals.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farming
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Specifically, for farmers who adopt precision agriculture as part of conservation practices, particularly through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), they will be reimbursed for 90% of the cost.—
Anthony Pahnke,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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The vote was a win for residents who wanted to preserve local agriculture and slow the spread of distribution centers, but a loss for those who supported the prospect of new jobs and tax revenue.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
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At this point, the majority of the agricultural workforce in some communities in the Mississippi Delta appears to be South African.—
Boyce Upholt,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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Chemical analysis of the ice revealed traces of medieval mining and agricultural fires from nearby human settlements, and even signs of volcanic activity across the Northern Hemisphere.—
Nidhi Sharma,
Popular Science,
13 Mar. 2026
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Iran had been building that capacity in Iraq since the 1980s, cultivating Shia political networks, exile parties and militia groups during and after the Iran-Iraq War and beyond with the explicit goal of ensuring a post-Saddam Iraq would never again threaten Iranian security.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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Organizations that fail to provide clearer pathways risk losing the very leaders responsible for cultivating talent across the enterprise.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
9 Mar. 2026
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Perched between China and India, the country of 30 million people has been plagued for decades by political instability, crippling a largely agrarian economy and worsening unemployment – structural issues compounded by rampant corruption.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Mar. 2026
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She wasn’t dissuaded two years later — and mid-renovation — when a $475 million Target distribution center was announced for the small city, creating an industrial foothold in a mostly agrarian area.—
Zachary Hansen,
AJC.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Starting Seeds Indoors Start a peach tree indoors by harvesting the seeds located inside the pit.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
10 Mar. 2026
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On this day, the volunteers will visit six sites, harvesting oranges and lemons.—
Sean Timberlake,
Sacbee.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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Traffic mitigation measures included planting tall trees and striping the road entrances red to preserve drivers’ line of sight.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
15 Mar. 2026
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Beyond planting the cherry tree in a sunny spot, make sure to give it the correct amount of moisture throughout its early years.—
Heather Bien,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farming. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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