as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
the planters are too busy around harvest time to pay the tourists much mind
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Recent Examples of planter
Embassy staff was not aware of why the flags were placed in planters outside the embassy, the spokesperson said, adding that the flags were not placed by embassy staff and their placement was not coordinated with embassy staff, which led to the confusion.
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Mariam Khan, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
The couple strolled past planter boxes filled with flowers and vegetables as the school’s attendance specialist Crismar Guerra De Segnini answered questions from them and the handful of other parents on the tour.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2020, a young mountain lion was spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco.
—Olga R. Rodriguez, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
It’s distinguished by terracotta roof shingles, off-white stucco walls and glass-block windows framed by palms and planter boxes.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
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Mariam Khan, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
The couple strolled past planter boxes filled with flowers and vegetables as the school’s attendance specialist Crismar Guerra De Segnini answered questions from them and the handful of other parents on the tour.
—Keri Heath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
In 2020, a young mountain lion was spotted sleeping in a planter box along a normally busy street and looking at his reflection in the glass of an office tower in downtown San Francisco.
—Olga R. Rodriguez, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2026
It’s distinguished by terracotta roof shingles, off-white stucco walls and glass-block windows framed by palms and planter boxes.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for planter
farmer
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And businesses from Australian wine makers to Norwegian salmon farmers have been frozen out of the massive China market in recent years when their governments fell foul of Beijing.—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
5 Feb. 2026
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Did Daylight Saving Time start because of farmers?—
Chris Sims,
IndyStar,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Planter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planter. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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