as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
orange growers in Florida were hard hit by the hurricane
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Recent Examples of grower
The changes arrived as more ranching operations close around the country, though some cattle growers say the president should also end aid to foreign beef producers.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Starting in late October and through November, growers would dig their sturdy plants, bundle them in packs of 25 plants, secure them with rubber bands, pack them in wet moss, roll them in sheets of newspaper, box them, and take them down to the Greyhound bus station.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Licenses would be required for growers, processors and testing laboratories.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The growers’ farming practices were foundational.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Drummond's proposals to the court to sharply limit litter's use as fertilizer would amount to a ban on the practice in the river's watershed; this and the cost of removing all litter from the watershed would ruin poultry growers throughout the region, defendants argue.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2013, lime growers founded and led Mexico’s biggest vigilante movement.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Vivian Valenzuela is the owner, grower and winemaker combining fruit from her Mokelumne River-front property with other bounty to turn out a line of rosés and sparkling wines.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
John Leos, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Petro has repeatedly defended his policy, which moves away from a repressive approach and prioritizes reaching agreements with growers of coca leaf - the raw material for cocaine - to encourage them to switch to other crops, pursuing major drug lords and combating money laundering.
—NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Starting in late October and through November, growers would dig their sturdy plants, bundle them in packs of 25 plants, secure them with rubber bands, pack them in wet moss, roll them in sheets of newspaper, box them, and take them down to the Greyhound bus station.
—Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
Licenses would be required for growers, processors and testing laboratories.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Oct. 2025
The growers’ farming practices were foundational.
—Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Drummond's proposals to the court to sharply limit litter's use as fertilizer would amount to a ban on the practice in the river's watershed; this and the cost of removing all litter from the watershed would ruin poultry growers throughout the region, defendants argue.
—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
In 2013, lime growers founded and led Mexico’s biggest vigilante movement.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2025
Vivian Valenzuela is the owner, grower and winemaker combining fruit from her Mokelumne River-front property with other bounty to turn out a line of rosés and sparkling wines.
—Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grower
farmer
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Canada has long cheated on Tariffs, charging our farmers as much as 400%.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Grower.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grower. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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