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Recent Examples of plowman
Even if, by the end of the tune, the plowman who sings it has lost his farm, and Bessie’s missing and presumably buried on it somewhere.
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Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity.
—New York Times, 10 May 2018
The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
—Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
Like many present day comedians and actors, medieval minstrels are believed to have had day jobs as peddlers and plowmen, but performed their theatrical gigs at night.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 31 May 2023
Best of all are Wood’s smooth undulant landscapes with their plowmen and spongy trees and infectious serenity.
—New York Times, 10 May 2018
The infamous East Riverside slide can dump 50 feet of concrete-thick debris and has taken the lives of three plowmen—in 1970, 1978, and 1992—as well as a preacher and his two daughters in 1963, and two men and most of their team of mules in 1883.
—Leath Tonino, Outside Online, 23 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plowman
Noun
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A couple-hundred miles east and 180 years earlier, in 1795, an Ontario farmer named John McIntosh came upon a couple dozen apple trees while clearing brush on his property.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
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This spring, a second-generation strawberry farmer in California stood in his fields with two generations of farmers by his side.—
Ivanka Trump,
Fortune,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Wild rice harvesting is open to all Wisconsin residents with a wild rice harvester license.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The role re-designer This confidence cultivator helps employees navigate new career paths without steering away from their sense of purpose.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Legacy cultivators often use heritage brands to root themselves in cannabis history and culture.—
Sara Payan,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Having invented the reaper that would revolutionize agriculture, McCormick wanted to manufacture it near prospective customers, the farmers who were fanning out across the Midwest. 1933: George Halas returned to coaching the Chicago Bears, replacing Ralph Jones.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The reaper herself is at the center of The Sandman‘s finale, an episode that chronicles the Endless sibling’s one day off every century.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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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
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Clay planter pebbles, often used in hydroponics, are porous to draw water up to the seeds and keep the environment moist but not soggy.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, there is an aphid species that singles out crape myrtle as a host, and this, ironically enough, has proven to be a boon to pecan growers.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
13 Sep. 2025
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So did an influx of Chinese apples in the 1990s, which made the US crop less valuable on the global market and squeezed growers, particularly on family orchards in the Northeast.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It's controlled via simple two-button operation or with the available remote that docks atop the tiller handle.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Sep. 2025
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And always remember to keep your eyes on the prize, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your hand on the tiller, your face to the wind, your chin up, your ear tothe ground, and your foot on the pedal.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The charity’s agronomists predict that one kit, properly tended, can yield up to two hundred pounds of produce in a single season, enough to supplement the diets of a family of four.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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Piccini's team tackled this by staging hands-on workshops, pairing veteran agronomists with robotics engineers to co-develop protocols that honored both viticultural wisdom and technological best practices.—
Jill Barth,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Plowman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plowman. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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