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Recent Examples of farmland
That ranch, located in the rolling foothills along Uvas Road with views into Coyote Valley, is part of an emerging mosaic of parks and protected farmland on San Jose’s southern edges.
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
While most of the food consumed in Kigali comes from other districts in Rwanda, farmland in those areas is shrinking, too, a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office, Emma-Claudine Ntirenganya, told The Associated Press.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
But his passion for the sport eventually led back to the hardwood, where Calhoun channeled his loss and his pain into the gym, eventually building an uninspiring state school in the farmland of Storrs into a national champion and perennial powerhouse.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
To get the necessary political buy-in from the whole state, the plan called for the train to run inland, threading the farmland of the Central Valley.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
While most of the food consumed in Kigali comes from other districts in Rwanda, farmland in those areas is shrinking, too, a spokeswoman for the mayor’s office, Emma-Claudine Ntirenganya, told The Associated Press.
—ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
But his passion for the sport eventually led back to the hardwood, where Calhoun channeled his loss and his pain into the gym, eventually building an uninspiring state school in the farmland of Storrs into a national champion and perennial powerhouse.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026
To get the necessary political buy-in from the whole state, the plan called for the train to run inland, threading the farmland of the Central Valley.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmland
Noun
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Anhydrous ammonia is caustic and must be handled as a compressed gas, but given the high nitrogen content, technology was developed to store and transport so it could be injected into cropland.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Large cropland areas replace diverse habitats.—
François Leroy,
The Conversation,
11 Mar. 2026
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Its traditional farm buildings have been sensitively modernized by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura, now housing 40 rooms as well as a spa, fitness studio, two outdoor pools, and a choice of restaurants that champion the estate’s agricultural output.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Apr. 2026
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Its loan guarantee program — geared toward larger farm and rural business projects — has remained open, though the analysis found that the agency has awarded no new agreements this fiscal year.—
Ayurella Horn-Muller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Your littlest charges will marvel at the size of the camels, tortoises and giraffes lumbering about the zoo’s meandering paths, and then eagerly pet goats and sheep in the farmyard.—
Susan McDonald,
The Providence Journal,
26 Mar. 2026
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The 1952 novel follows the story of an unlikely farmyard friendship between a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Nov. 2025
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And yet authorities have never fully investigated what happened at the ranch.—
Hallie Jackson,
NBC news,
20 Apr. 2026
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Bill and Doris Cooper were responsible for converting all 28 acres of vines to CCOF Certified Organic status in 2011, a designation maintained to this day by general manager Jan Garrod and his son Trevor, who serves as winemaker and ranch yard foreman.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmland. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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