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Recent Examples of monoculture
In an era when the concept of the monoculture seems to be on its last legs, the World Cup marks an exceedingly rare opportunity for marketers to tap into an event that will be watched by fans across the entire planet.
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025
But the pendulum has swung to create a beige monoculture to the tune of the same rotating trending audios.
—Emma Veidt, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
In its place is a monoculture of ever-stronger products, optimized not for experience but for numbers.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
This might beg the question of the benefit of interplanting if crops don’t provide their maximum yield, but comparing the nutritional yield of polyculture versus monoculture parcels of land demonstrated that interplanting yielded greater nutritional value per hectare despite the lower crop yields.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025
But the pendulum has swung to create a beige monoculture to the tune of the same rotating trending audios.
—Emma Veidt, Outside, 25 Oct. 2025
In its place is a monoculture of ever-stronger products, optimized not for experience but for numbers.
—Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025
This might beg the question of the benefit of interplanting if crops don’t provide their maximum yield, but comparing the nutritional yield of polyculture versus monoculture parcels of land demonstrated that interplanting yielded greater nutritional value per hectare despite the lower crop yields.
—JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monoculture
Noun
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By conventional standards, much of this terrain would be considered difficult for agriculture.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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The group and its rancher members reason that by eating buffalo meat, consumers are helping maintain herds on North American grasslands while supporting regenerative agriculture.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
Arkansas Online,
28 Jan. 2026
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From dairy and beef cattle to pears and poultry, the farming industry generates more than $500 million each year in Sacramento County.—
James Taylor,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The gardening tasks for the cultivation of 30 vegetables are laid out month by month.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
24 Jan. 2026
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His careful protection and cultivation of those seedlings into the sapling stage would have been a sure victory.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Jan. 2026
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Frachetti, who specializes in pastoralism in the Bronze Age, was also not involved with the study.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
18 Nov. 2025
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As forests receded—along with the elk—people in the Altai region began adopting semi-nomadic pastoralism and horseback riding.—
Margherita Bassi,
Popular Science,
24 July 2025
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The magazine was full of lovable weirdos who knew inordinate amounts about cuneiform or animal husbandry and were prone to causing collisions in the hallway because their faces were buried in paper proofs.—
Ismail Ibrahim,
Harpers Magazine,
23 Nov. 2025
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Rancho Inca Alpacas Although Rancho Inca Alpacas focuses on animal husbandry, there are bookable experiences that allow visitors to Navasota to get a dose of alpaca cuteness during their trip.—
Jill Robbins,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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This kind of alignment is reinforced when leaders hire teams who share values, create a culture of communication and focus on building long-term credibility.—
Serenity Gibbons,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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At this time, applications for projects in the business incentives category and arts, culture and activation category are temporarily on hold, according to the DDA website.—
Jessica Alvarado Gamez,
Denver Post,
27 Jan. 2026
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These companies run the gamut of sectors from agribusiness to publishing, financial services to manufacturing.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Brazil Iran has found a stable Latin American trading partner in Brazil, with trade relations fueled by agribusiness.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monoculture. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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