sharecropped

verb

past tense of sharecrop
as in farmed

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  1. farmed
  2. tilled
  3. cultivated
Verb
  • Ronco Bertolo is a brand-new apartment-style B&B tucked into the Bolognese Apennines near Loiano, run by a woman whose family has farmed the property for three centuries.
    — Winston Ross, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • As Rayan began screaming, al-Ajeen, whose family has long farmed in the area, picked up his son and began walking again.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 30 June 2026
Definition of farmed
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  • Creative soil has to be tilled every once in a while.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
  • Red clover can make a drought- and shade-tolerant lawn alternative, but it is more often grown as an annual winter cover crop and then tilled into the soil as green manure.
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 13 May 2026
Definition of tilled
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  • Lately, though, she’s cultivated a reputation as a literary tastemaker.
    — Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • In these dark times, our collective joy and love needs to be documented, embraced and cultivated.
    — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Definition of cultivated
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