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farmland

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as in cropland

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Recent Examples of farmland Glyphosate, which is produced in the US only by Bayer, is sprayed on 300 million acres of American farmland every year. — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 As Will County farmland gives way to warehouses, distribution centers and data centers, conservationists say the landscape around Midewin is changing rapidly. — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026 Because California is the nation’s largest agricultural producer and most populous state, demand for water is high, and wildlife often suffers when water from dams is diverted to farmland. — Velvet Wu july 17, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026 Key aspects are the use of waterways and fertile farmland and the seasonal availability of produce. — New Atlas, 15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmland

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Severance, which is 10 miles east of Fort Collins, is surrounded by irrigated croplands.

— Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2026
In the past eighteen months, three powerful hurricanes have destroyed countless homes and vast expanses of cropland, displacing more than a million people.

— Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026

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Visitors can also hike through the salt marshes of Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge, stop for coffee and pastries at Dave's Coffee, or browse the eclectic shops and gardens at Fantastic Umbrella Factory, a former 19th-century farmyard turned open-air shopping village.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2026
The whisky has a layered and complex nose, almost quirky, with earthy/farmyard aromas and pancake syrup, followed by black pepper and espresso bitterness that add depth.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2026

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This allowed the federal government to more easily zero in on a common culprit that had been consumed, which in turn helped identify the source of an outbreak, such as a specific farm, ranch or distributor.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
Everybody loves ranch dressing Of all the American foods that caught on with foreigners during the World Cup — from gas stations like Buc-ees to diners like Waffle House — perhaps no singular item excited soccer fans as much as ranch dressing.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 19 July 2026

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