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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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
Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The country is facing a massive food shortage because the government is spraying a corporate sports drink instead of water to irrigate the nation’s farms.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
The water from Oroville and the State Water Project goes to cities and farms across the state, serving 27 million people from San Jose to San Diego.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Before long the guano was exhausted, and soil depletion doomed the commercial farms.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Simply called Julien’s, the new restaurant in the town center at 9 Bank St, will sell breads, as well and include a grab and go section of seasonal entrees, salads, soups and more made with ingredients from partner local farms.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
In June of that year, classes were interrupted at a school located near soybean farms in the state of Pará for, for the third time, because students had been exposed to chemicals sprayed on nearby fields.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
Bear bile farming is now banned in Vietnam, but there are still dozens of bears stuck on farms, caged and alone.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
In its few short years of operation, from 1972 through 1978, the Documerica project produced over 20,000 photographs of rivers and farms, highways and city streets.
—James Salzman, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
Inside, patrons will find espresso and coffee drinks made from Colombian beans, purchased directly from small-scale farms.
—Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 7 Jan. 2026
The country is facing a massive food shortage because the government is spraying a corporate sports drink instead of water to irrigate the nation’s farms.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
The water from Oroville and the State Water Project goes to cities and farms across the state, serving 27 million people from San Jose to San Diego.
—Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Before long the guano was exhausted, and soil depletion doomed the commercial farms.
—Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
Simply called Julien’s, the new restaurant in the town center at 9 Bank St, will sell breads, as well and include a grab and go section of seasonal entrees, salads, soups and more made with ingredients from partner local farms.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2026
In June of that year, classes were interrupted at a school located near soybean farms in the state of Pará for, for the third time, because students had been exposed to chemicals sprayed on nearby fields.
—Carolina Abbott Galvão, The Dial, 6 Jan. 2026
Bear bile farming is now banned in Vietnam, but there are still dozens of bears stuck on farms, caged and alone.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
In its few short years of operation, from 1972 through 1978, the Documerica project produced over 20,000 photographs of rivers and farms, highways and city streets.
—James Salzman, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for farms
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In October, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with help from federal conservation officials, killed four wolves from the Beyem Seyo pack, which had become unusually habituated to preying on cattle from ranches in Sierra Valley.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The culinary team works with local farms, ranches, and fishers to source ingredients.—
Patricia Doherty,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Jan. 2026
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
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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
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The facility harvests energy from a connected 250,000-kilowatt photovoltaic farm that stretches out into the Gobi desert.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Dec. 2025
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In addition, Wynn harvests its own herd of American Wagyu from Grazing Star Farms and breaks down primals in its in-house butcher shop.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Nov. 2025
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“Farms.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farms. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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