Thesaurus results for GARDENING

gardening

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Definition of gardening

as in horticulture

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Recent Examples of gardening They all pitch in at the annual summer festival and are planning to hold urban gardening workshops on the rooftop for students at the elementary school across the street. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 Jobs include gardening, sewing, planning liturgy, accounting, and cooking among other jobs. — Kelly Wilkinson, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026 Fredericson recommends simple, everyday activities such as brisk neighborhood walks, gardening, cycling, bodyweight exercises and even parking farther from the entrance at the grocery store. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026 Test Your Soil Lindsey Chastain, a gardening expert and founder of Waddle and Cluck in Skiatook, Oklahoma, suggests testing your soil before fall. — Shelby Deering, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gardening

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Christina Lueking is an extension educator in horticulture at the University of Illinois Extension.

— Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 1 Sep. 2026
Students can explore pathways in agricultural business, agricultural science, animal science, forestry and natural resources, ornamental horticulture, plant and soil science, agricultural technologies and advancements, and agricultural mechanics.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of horticulture

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In Britain’s North Yorkshire, researchers have established an underground farming facility more than 1,000 meters below ground to test how crops can be cultivated deep beneath the surface.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Increasingly, representational politics feels like dusty land that’s been dried up from single-crop farming.

— E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of farming

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Spanning automotive, steel, and agriculture, as well as government procurement, market access, and the future architecture of North American trade rules, the confrontation is now touching the deepest foundations of their economic relationship.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
And an unprecedented immigration crackdown is disrupting the labor supply in agriculture, construction, hospitality and food processing, raising prices even further.

— Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of agriculture

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Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of farmwork

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America’s wealthiest are snapping up huge swathes of farmland, and while some are using it for their elaborate hobbies, agriculture advocates worry the broader trend of the rich purchasing tillage is putting the livelihood of actual farmers at risk.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Avoid unnecessary tillage, which can break fungal hyphae, and keep living roots in the ground when practical through perennial plantings or compatible cover crops such as annual ryegrass and crimson clover.

— Dr. Avishesh Neupane, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026