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farmland

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as in cropland

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Recent Examples of farmland The Los Gallardos fire affected some 70 square kilometers (27 square miles) of forest and farmland — an area larger than Manhattan. — ABC News, 14 July 2026 The Fens became some of the most productive farmland in Britain. — Rob Crossan, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026 The fire so far has scorched some 25 square miles of forest and farmland, an area about the size of Manhattan. — Sergio Rodrigo, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026 The pipeline ruptured in December 2022, spilling more than 540,000 gallons of oil into a creek and nearby farmland. — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 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

Definition of cropland

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The only things keeping Kaskaskia from transforming into a complete ghost town are the richness of the land, too alluring not to farm, and the church.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
The program takes students to the more than 130-year-old Nicolaus Dairy farm in Elk Grove and teaches them about food production.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 5 July 2026

Definition of farm

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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

Definition of farmyard

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What began as a jean engineered for ranch work and rodeo competition has since become a versatile staple, worn by everyone from working cowboys to everyday consumers.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 July 2026
Americans have fallen in love with visiting teams and foreign visitors have become enamored, of all things, with American-size food portions and ranch dressing.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 July 2026

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