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
Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
However, two devastating challenges not readily realized are flooding and future water scarcity affecting our farms and ranches.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The restaurant approaching its 30th anniversary sources a hefty amount of produce and other products from local farms — a theme that continues for Cochran at Bruce Moffett’s Stagioni.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Additionally, egg prices being lower than the cost of production is great for consumers, Thompson said, but some farms may not survive, which could then affect retail prices.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Radical transparency means admitting mistakes Armedangels prides itself on using only chlorine-free wool from certified organic farms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Each acre-foot, about 326,000 gallons, is enough to provide for roughly three households, though a substantial majority of the water basin-wide goes to farms.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Today, caviar comes from more than 50 sturgeon farms worldwide.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
How could kids grow properly if they were forced, from their earliest years, to toil in factories, on farms, or in mines?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Kevin Deinert farms the same land his great-great-grandfather did near Mitchell, South Dakota, about 80 miles from the Iowa state line.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Today, Tyler farms full time with her husband Eric Wooldridge.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
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
Dennis Crow, who farms the Pinehurst land, told me about half the fuel would go toward spring planting and half for fall harvesting.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2019
Noun
As the 19th century turned into the 20th, hundreds of thousands of cows were living on hundreds of small dairy farms cast across the broad plain of what is now crowded with homes, streets, businesses and freeways.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
However, two devastating challenges not readily realized are flooding and future water scarcity affecting our farms and ranches.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
The restaurant approaching its 30th anniversary sources a hefty amount of produce and other products from local farms — a theme that continues for Cochran at Bruce Moffett’s Stagioni.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
Additionally, egg prices being lower than the cost of production is great for consumers, Thompson said, but some farms may not survive, which could then affect retail prices.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Radical transparency means admitting mistakes Armedangels prides itself on using only chlorine-free wool from certified organic farms.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 13 Feb. 2026
Each acre-foot, about 326,000 gallons, is enough to provide for roughly three households, though a substantial majority of the water basin-wide goes to farms.
—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Today, caviar comes from more than 50 sturgeon farms worldwide.
—Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Feb. 2026
How could kids grow properly if they were forced, from their earliest years, to toil in factories, on farms, or in mines?
—Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Verb
Mike farms 700 acres of almond trees throughout San Joaquin and Stanislaus Counties with his son, Erik.
—Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
Kevin Deinert farms the same land his great-great-grandfather did near Mitchell, South Dakota, about 80 miles from the Iowa state line.
—Kirk Siegler, NPR, 29 Dec. 2025
Today, Tyler farms full time with her husband Eric Wooldridge.
—Nancy Vienneau, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2025
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
Dennis Crow, who farms the Pinehurst land, told me about half the fuel would go toward spring planting and half for fall harvesting.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farms
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However, two devastating challenges not readily realized are flooding and future water scarcity affecting our farms and ranches.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2026
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But people like him weren’t willing to watch their homes and ranches go up in flames without a fight.—
Michael Collins,
USA Today,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Altuve starts his hitting motion with a high lift of his front leg and then plants that foot closer to home plate.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
14 Feb. 2026
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Prince William plants an acacia tree at Saudi Arabia's Sharaan Nature Reserve.—
Yuliya Talmazan,
NBC news,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The brand cultivates a fun, rebellious, and inclusive culture.—
Susan Stapleton,
Des Moines Register,
9 Feb. 2026
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That cultivates community on campus, Dassinger added.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
3 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The first layer, called the Level-1 Trigger, or L1T, harvests 100,000 events per second, and the second layer, called the High-Level Trigger, or HLT, plucks 1,000 of those events to save for later analysis.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
3 Feb. 2026
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Passive atmospheric water generator MIT engineers invented a revolutionary passive device that harvests clean drinking water from desert air without electricity.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Farms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farms. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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