sharecropped

Definition of sharecroppednext
past tense of sharecrop

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sharecropped
Verb
  • The architect’s roots in the area run deep—his mother’s side of the family farmed the land from his boyhood—and today, the Taliesin estate functions as something of a crash course for architectural enthusiasts hoping to understand how Frank Lloyd Wright lived and worked.
    Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Claude's responses to these prompts are farmed en masse either for direct training of the Chinese models or for a process known as reinforcement learning, a data-intensive approach in which AI models learn decision-making through trial and error in the absence of human guidance.
    Matthew Chin, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • When spring comes, the cover crop can be tilled back into the soil to add nutrients.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • These tools – still carrying the soil from which they were tilled – represent the work of the immigrant farmworkers of all backgrounds who helped build California’s agriculture industry, which continues to feed the nation today.
    Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • But all that — along with the aura of fear and intimidation that Khamenei carefully cultivated — began to unravel in his final years.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
  • One of the other crops cultivated on the ranch is olive trees.
    Kara Finnstrom, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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“Sharecropped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropped. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.

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