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Recent Examples of farmlands
At their regular density levels in Australian farmlands, the researchers estimated that brown snakes alone might remove thousands of mice annually for every square kilometer of farmland.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmlands
Noun
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In 1998, as many as 1,000 birds – mostly pelicans, wading birds and raptors – died around Lake Apopka, a tragedy blamed on poisoning from the pesticides used on the muck farms.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 May 2026
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Vegetable farms were damaged by the ashfall, which also killed four water buffaloes and a cow in Camalig, Baldo said, adding that a cleanup was underway in his town of 8,000 people in Albay province.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Aoudad are classified as an exotic species and have no closed season or bag limit on private property, but reaching them across the vast, rugged ranches of West Texas has always been the practical challenge.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
27 Apr. 2026
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Horse Farms Had to Evacuate Too When the fires began earlier this month, WINK reported neighborhoods near the Picayune Strand State Forest were forced to evacuate horse farms and ranches.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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Also part of that brief is Clara Ostrander, who had hoped a solar project would help protect two farmsteads in Milan Township that have been in her family for over 150 years.—
Anna Clark,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Camouflaged in a valley speckled with just a handful of villas and farmsteads, the 16 stone houses overlook the naked dunes and sensational sunsets of Livadia Bay.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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Because sugar plantations were so large and enslaved populations were so preponderant, whites feared that any tumult would end with their heads on pikes.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Pinot Noir plantations only account for about 14,000 acres and rank as the number two grape grown.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
1 May 2026
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“Farmlands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmlands. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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