as in ranches
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a farm that has been in the same family for five generations
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as in plants
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year
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Recent Examples of farms
Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
The food hub works with 60 to 65 farms across Arkansas; one of its larger clients is Fayetteville Public Schools.
—Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
Leiper's Fork With rolling farmlands, a countryside filled with horse farms, World Atlas said Leiper's Fork offers the perfect rustic charm of the American South.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
The new work identifies a vast network of secondary roads linking villas, farms and military outposts.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The garden, located within the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, spans more than 200 plots, including 10 quarter-acre farms leased for $324 to $1,600 per year.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Food systems now account for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists say regenerative agriculture and climate-smart farming can help flip that into a future where farms also help grow climate solutions.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Their families fled North, leaving behind their homes, farms and businesses.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Smarter, more granular monitoring systems can help direct funding to small farms, giving them access to the emerging global carbon market.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump’s 2024 reëlection PAC received ten million dollars from the multinational conglomerate British American Tobacco, which farms an especially polluting, soil-depleting, and pesticide-intensive crop, and which has been sued for profiting from child labor.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The alliance, which farms more than just watermelons, had the Watermelon Crawl at several different locations over the years, Chope said.
—Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
Noun
Two populations of five adult Myrcia colpodes were found in close proximity to farms and the tourist beach of Sacristia, according to the study.
—Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 10 Nov. 2025
The food hub works with 60 to 65 farms across Arkansas; one of its larger clients is Fayetteville Public Schools.
—Cristina Larue, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2025
Leiper's Fork With rolling farmlands, a countryside filled with horse farms, World Atlas said Leiper's Fork offers the perfect rustic charm of the American South.
—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Nov. 2025
The new work identifies a vast network of secondary roads linking villas, farms and military outposts.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 9 Nov. 2025
The garden, located within the Tijuana River Valley Regional Park, spans more than 200 plots, including 10 quarter-acre farms leased for $324 to $1,600 per year.
—Walker Armstrong, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Food systems now account for about a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, but scientists say regenerative agriculture and climate-smart farming can help flip that into a future where farms also help grow climate solutions.
—Jeff Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Their families fled North, leaving behind their homes, farms and businesses.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Smarter, more granular monitoring systems can help direct funding to small farms, giving them access to the emerging global carbon market.
—Kaveh Zahedi, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
Farmlands to wetlands George Tibbitts mostly farms rice, but his son Carson was tilling a safflower field on one mid-August morning.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Johnson, who began growing collard greens at 3, now farms on about an acre of land that has been passed down in the family.
—Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Trump’s 2024 reëlection PAC received ten million dollars from the multinational conglomerate British American Tobacco, which farms an especially polluting, soil-depleting, and pesticide-intensive crop, and which has been sued for profiting from child labor.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2025
The alliance, which farms more than just watermelons, had the Watermelon Crawl at several different locations over the years, Chope said.
—Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farms
Noun
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McGuane’s cowboys lose fights—for women, for their ranches, for their dreams—and tend to know when they’ve been beaten.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The pack became unusually accustomed to feeding on livestock from nearby ranches, ultimately killing 87 cows, calves and sheep in just over six months, according to state wildlife officials.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Repot plants every two to three years into a container that is one to two sizes larger than the current pot.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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The drop in temperatures comes as several states have already experienced their first frost or hard freeze, with NWS meteorologists advising people to bring pets and plants indoors as far south as Texas and Alabama as winter temperatures take hold.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In her own life, Kat cultivates those conditions.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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By fostering an internal environment where employees are encouraged to question assumptions, share expertise, and engage in reflective thinking, The Rise Group cultivates the intellectual space needed to pursue meaningful insights.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Fourth-generation farmer Charles Stoecker harvests kale on land his family rents from Leslie Alfred White.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
1 Nov. 2025
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The novel solution is a compact, top-like device that harvests kinetic energy from waves and vessel movements.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Farms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farms. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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