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farmland

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as in cropland

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Recent Examples of farmland Elvis bought the large Classical revival home on about 14 acres of farmland in 1957, moving in with his mother, father and grandmother. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026 The massive warehouse campuses generating energy for AI projects have drawn bipartisan opposition, with voters concerned about their impact on electricity prices, farmland and water supplies. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Located on a quiet lane, a stay here offers the best of the UK countryside with rolling hills and farmland on one side. — Katie Silcox, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 Wynwood started as farmland and then became an industrial center, a garment district and Little San Juan, the center of a large Puerto Rican community. — Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for farmland

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Supporters say shifting unproductive cropland to clean energy will help California meet its 100% renewable power goal, while farm groups warn of losing valuable agricultural land.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Overall, scientists project that, by 2050, loss of cropland from urbanization and soil degradation could reduce China’s food production capacity by up to 18 percent.

— Caitlin Welsh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

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There are similar issues in competitive races in Kansas, Iowa and Ohio, where Republican acquiescence could hurt the party on Election Day as their constituents face factory layoffs, farm foreclosures and higher prices.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
Van Zuilen observed many of the objects directly from his balcony from the town of Heiloo in the Netherlands, while others required van Zuilen to take his telescopes further afield to avoid capturing treetops and farm buildings in his field of view.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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Photographer, lifeguard, paparazzi Pet Mom Martha Martha’s love for animals goes beyond the farmyard.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 11 Sep. 2026
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

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The criminal charge came a week after the Pasadena Humane Society announced that the rare white fowl had recovered from its injuries and was relocated to a private ranch in Northern California.

— Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Harrison, the heir to a Houston oil fortune who bought the ranch in 2017 for $105 million, rejected the prospect of selling all or most of the sprawling property to the state, according to the new report.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026

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