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Recent Examples of monoculture
Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Birch chalks this up, in part, to the monoculture that existed in the ’90s, before the Internet and streaming fragmented everyone’s viewing habits.
—John Russell, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Hwang Sun-jae, a sociologist who studies fertility norms, traces the swift dissemination of low fertility in part to social media’s role as an accelerant of global monoculture.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
A number of comedians, critics and figures in media and culture say the downside of the level of control exerted by Michaels is a stifling of voices and, effectively, the perpetuation of a monoculture.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
Birch chalks this up, in part, to the monoculture that existed in the ’90s, before the Internet and streaming fragmented everyone’s viewing habits.
—John Russell, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Hwang Sun-jae, a sociologist who studies fertility norms, traces the swift dissemination of low fertility in part to social media’s role as an accelerant of global monoculture.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
A number of comedians, critics and figures in media and culture say the downside of the level of control exerted by Michaels is a stifling of voices and, effectively, the perpetuation of a monoculture.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monoculture
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At the same time, the legislation would invest $60 billion in new money for agriculture programs, sending aid to farmers.—
Lisa Mascaro,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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As natural landscapes are converted to agriculture or taken over by urban sprawl, logging operations and oil and gas exploration, ecosystems become fragmented and the space that species need to survive and reproduce disappears.—
Karrigan Börk,
The Conversation,
13 May 2025
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Livia, 55, opened up to Hello magazine about her life running a sustainable farming business with her brothers in Italy's Umbria region, recent battle with breast cancer and the demise of her fashion brand Eco-Age in an article published Monday, May 5.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
7 May 2025
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In the event of a catastrophic event like a nuclear attack or solar storm, an average-sized city’s (surviving) population doesn’t necessarily require a huge amount of nearby farming space to sustain itself.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
7 May 2025
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While there, the militia restored some of the damage done to the earthworks by cultivation and modernization.—
Kevin Williams,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 May 2025
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But the sources of silk, the silkworm cocoons and the silkworms themselves, have remained incredibly consistent — a result of many millennia of B. mori cultivation.—
Amy Paturel,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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Rather than being constantly on the move, traditional Maasai pastoralism has been more about strategic relocation.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
9 Sep. 2024
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For her, this discovery adds to the evidence that nomadic dairy pastoralism has sustained Mongolians for thousands of years.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2024
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Rather, this sensible, sensitive, and sometimes quite beautiful portrayal of modern animal husbandry wants to reveal the secretive process of how meat lands on your plate.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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While there has been loads of research on animal husbandry, there has not been all that much investigation into animals’ conscious experiences outside their role as food products for humans.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Nov. 2024
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Buffy was a pop culture phenomenon at the time, but found even more fans thanks to syndication and streaming.—
Victoria Edel,
People.com,
16 May 2025
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The pop culture history hits shelves on Sept. 2, but fans can get an early sneak peek with the exclusive excerpt below.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
16 May 2025
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The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would block states from setting these standards and hand control over to massive agribusinesses that prioritize profit over ethics.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 May 2025
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The Lettuce Workers Strike of 1930 Matthew Wills November 27, 2020 Uniting for better wages and working conditions, a remarkably diverse coalition of laborers faced off against agribusiness.—
Allison Miller,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monoculture. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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