as in farmers
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 planters
In this front yard, urns and planters make perfect bases for pumpkin topiaries.
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Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
In the planters lining the outdoor cafés in Harry Potter’s Paris, every flower was perfectly in bloom.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
The bungalows were five original tea planters’ homes named Lakeside Castlereagh, Summerville and Dunkeld, Norwood and Tientsin.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Williams also recommends updating old containers and planters by adding fresh plantings or simple ferns.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Some attendees were seasoned native planters.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The planters showcase artwork inspired by literary classics from iconic authors such as Emily Brontë, Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, at a blue waterfront five-bedroom that was an occasional launch point for fishing charters until last summer, there’s a full scoreboard stashed in a wide-open garage, nothing in the planters on the small porch, and a Sheepadoodle named Vince Lombardi barking behind the front door.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Choose from this collection of ceramic planters with wooden legs, which offers up to 20% off select colors and sizes.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025
Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2025
In the planters lining the outdoor cafés in Harry Potter’s Paris, every flower was perfectly in bloom.
—Bianca Bosker, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2025
The bungalows were five original tea planters’ homes named Lakeside Castlereagh, Summerville and Dunkeld, Norwood and Tientsin.
—Alissa Fitzgerald, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Williams also recommends updating old containers and planters by adding fresh plantings or simple ferns.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Some attendees were seasoned native planters.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The planters showcase artwork inspired by literary classics from iconic authors such as Emily Brontë, Jane Austen and Louisa May Alcott.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 27 Feb. 2025
Meanwhile, at a blue waterfront five-bedroom that was an occasional launch point for fishing charters until last summer, there’s a full scoreboard stashed in a wide-open garage, nothing in the planters on the small porch, and a Sheepadoodle named Vince Lombardi barking behind the front door.
—Brian Hamilton, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
Choose from this collection of ceramic planters with wooden legs, which offers up to 20% off select colors and sizes.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planters
farmers
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And Mendoza, who up until then had only brought over a few smaller batches of workers for other farmers, got to work on sourcing 300 of them for King.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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Food companies are learning to build flexibility into their operations, farmers are diversifying their markets and input sources, and restaurants are redesigning menus around supply chain reliability rather than just cost and taste.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Planters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planters. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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