tenant farmer

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Recent Examples of tenant farmer Most of the population of the region was made up of tenant farmers known as sharecroppers. Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 1 Feb. 2026 Half of the land stays in rice production, which the conservancy leases to tenant farmers. Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 20 Nov. 2025 Even in good times, this aristocracy exploited small tenant farmers who in turn exploited still smaller farmers, who raised just enough potatoes to keep their families alive. Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025 Others were tenant farmers leaving behind the deadly droughts and storms of the Dust Bowl. Olatunji Osho-Williams, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for tenant farmer
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Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Overall, the disease has costs growers and government agencies about $110 million a year in losses and compliance costs, according to a March 2025 report titled The Costs of Pierce’s Disease in the California Grape and Wine Industry.
    Seamus Bozeman Follow, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
  • There will be talks and demonstrations from growers, music and food (no tossing the plants any scraps, please) raffles and the sale of growing accessories.
    Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 11 June 2026

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“Tenant farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tenant%20farmer. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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