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farmyards

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plural of farmyard

as in farmlands

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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.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of farmlands

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Lehman estimated there are only about 10 to 15 farms operating today that have large ostrich herds, and those producers have a better understanding of the animals’ behavior and free range needs.

— Dylan Lovan, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
Locals still had to do shopping in the nearby city of Uruapan, where Mayor Carlos Manzo was gunned down by a cartel operative last year, and work on their farms in the mountains.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of farms

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Some of the worst cases of the syndrome, for instance, have been on poor farmsteads in South Africa’s Eastern Cape.

— Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Settlements and farmsteads spread across the state, and each year the timbermen marched deeper into the woods.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Definition of farmsteads

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Shallow groundwater stores supported fruit orchards, alfalfa fields, livestock ranches and, at one point, a water park and dozens of manmade lakes where people could fish, sail and water ski.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
If the composite can maintain its performance in seawater, it could eventually be used in offshore power plants, marine energy islands and marine ranches.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

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