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Recent Examples of pastoralist
The resemblance is particularly striking because many Palestinians are now barred from practicing their pastoralist traditions in areas where settlers continue to roam freely.
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Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Irus Braverman, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
The pastoralist Maasai people, for instance, who also live in the region, have successfully been vying for supremacy with lions for hundreds of years.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastoralist
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Leo met Thursday with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who — despite Fernández's letter — recently recommended that priests in his archdiocese use the German guidelines as a basis for their pastoral care.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 May 2026
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Leo met Thursday with German Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who — despite Fernández’s letter — recently recommended that priests in his archdiocese use the German guidelines as a basis for their pastoral care.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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The Israeli military offensive in Lebanon has wiped out nearly a quarter of agricultural land in areas touched by hostilities, the Lebanese government reported today, as lethal strikes battered parts of the south.—
Mustafa Qadri,
CNN Money,
8 May 2026
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Meanwhile, critics have argued the proposal could harm local ecosystems and agricultural communities while conflicting with state goals to reduce reliance on Delta water exports.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
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Located in the idyllic region of Ripollès, the ramparts of castle Llaés look out upon both the Pyrenees and bucolic hillsides where goats graze.—
Erika Owen,
Architectural Digest,
29 Apr. 2026
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In this bucolic setting, days slip by discreetly engineered by the smart, young staff.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Those two issues, in particular, women’s empowerment and agrarian reform, went over like a lead balloon with the archconservatives of the country, especially religious.—
Fiction Non Fiction,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026
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As a poet, novelist, and essayist, Wendell Berry is one of the great modern voices of agrarian values.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Some of that uptick is the monocultural nature of the game.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the runup to the 2025 Super Bowl, Fox had sold out its ads by August, a sign that advertisers were willing to pay a steep price for one of the last remaining monocultural events in America.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Once commercial and agronomic datasets are harmonized, AI models can analyze how incentives propagate through the system and quantify their real impact on demand.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That is another area in which dreams smack into the reality of Cuban state, which owns 80% of all arable land.—
Sarah Moreno
Updated March 24,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2026
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Declining rainfall, rising temperatures, and storms that kick up dense dust clouds have rendered vast swaths of once-arable land unusable.—
Michael Snyder,
Saveur,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Pastoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastoralist. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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