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Recent Examples of monoculture
But the pendulum has swung to create a beige monoculture to the tune of the same rotating trending audios.
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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
Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 21 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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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
Silicon Valley dreamt up poor derivations of past cautionary tales and created a monoculture of exploitative social media feeds and predatory data-hungry apps that birthed Orwell’s surveillance state.
—John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 21 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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Bird flu has been detected in Delaware, state agriculture officials said.—
Laura Fay,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
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However, this is where local agriculture can assist.—
Heather Zidack,
Hartford Courant,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Colorado River provides water for cities from Denver to San Diego, 30 Native tribes and farming communities from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.—
Ian James,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2026
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Despite their farming families’ history of rivalry, sparks flew.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Most of the complexes also include unusual amenities like on-site child care, smoking cessation classes, areas for on-site food cultivation, English classes, advice for job searches and help securing a high school diploma.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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There is a meaningful difference between the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness and the cultivation of mental health.—
Scott LoMurray,
Time,
6 Jan. 2026
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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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Although zoonotic cases probably existed before 6,500 years ago, the risk and extent of zoonotic transmission probably increased with the widespread adoption of husbandry practices and pastoralism.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 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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Evero and Cooley have seen Scott enhance the on-field culture in Carolina.—
Mike Kaye
January 8,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Jan. 2026
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Since 1896, the event celebrating Western culture, cowboys and agriculture has brought millions of people to Fort Worth from around the world.—
Brayden Garcia
January 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Jan. 2026
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The perception of Castela as someone hardworking and likeable helps give agribusiness — a term that usually brings to mind older male farmers, or male politicians in congress — a friendlier, more contemporary face.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
The Dial,
6 Jan. 2026
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An Oroville native, LaMalfa was a fourth-generation rice farmer and business owner who lived in his northern California district his entire life, earning a college degree in agribusiness from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monoculture. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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