as in tenant farmer
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Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 May 2026 -
Jim Clayton, 91 The mobile home mogul grew up in a Tennessee log cabin; his family were tenant farmers on the property.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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One problem growers commonly encounter is twisted or curling tomato leaves.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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Some of the most distinctive shopping experiences in the United States happen at weekly community gatherings, where local makers, growers and artisans set up shop for a few hours and disappear by lunchtime.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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“Subsistence farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsistence%20farmer. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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