till 1 of 2

as in to cultivate
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset

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preposition

as in until
up to (a particular time) We studied till four in the morning, which didn't exactly make us alert for the test the next day.

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But as a foundation, the first season tills fertile ground with rich initial results. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 22 Aug. 2025 How the search works The diamond search area at the park consists of plowed dirt that the park staff tills regularly to bring new material to the surface. Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 19 Aug. 2025 New sod, as well as bermuda seedings, must be made onto lightly tilled and raked soil. Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Aug. 2025 Mother Ezumi then called out the names of four other Sisters who would remain on the campus with the junior novices as a faculty skeleton crew, with the former attending to school administration and the latter engaged in their customary truck patch tilling. Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for till
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  • Joseph Sikora, who plays attorney Bill Sterling, praised the environment Mohamed and Corinealdi have cultivated on set.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Fifth generation Hamilton County farmer Rodney Rulon not only grows thousands of acres of corn and soy but is now cultivating a new approach to protecting the White River.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • Here, guests can learn how to farm for honey alongside local purveyors, take a ceramics class from a neighboring expert, or learn to bake Portuguese bread from the hotel's chefs.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s easily a dozen or more items like plants, minerals, and literal trash that can be found on runs, mined from beating bosses, or farmed in the Crossroads.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
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  • There is plenty of raw data online, but much of it is harvested privately by platforms.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Typically harvested from the thighs or abdomen via liposuction or a syringe, fat is gently purified and re-injected to restore volume and smooth wrinkles on the face, hands, and beyond.
    Elycia Rubin, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Ramírez planted the flag in the infield grass before Slider grabbed it, engaged with a sea of fans who didn’t want to abandon the utopian setting at the ballpark, and then handed it to David Fry.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Divide plants every three to six years, separating the roots into segments that contain three or more shoots.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 29 Sep. 2025
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  • Both Jaglom’s personality and his films tended to divide people.
    Carmel Dagan, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • While the participation rate for alcoholic consumption has picked up among Gen Zers of legal drinking age, jumping from 46% in 2023 to 70% in 2025, Lodewijks said younger Americans tend to drink less often than previous generations.
    Bailey Schulz, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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