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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The fragrance of dry grass mingled in the air with the dust kicked up by a tractor tilling in the distance. Elena Valeriote, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025 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 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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  • Downstairs, a private VIC suite — the brand’s first in Europe — has been designed to support its growing clienteling program aimed at cultivating high-spending clients.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The longtime garden enthusiast also added an adjacent parcel to further cultivate the picturesque grounds.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
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  • Its rice recipes are an important, and tragic, reminder that Africans were primarily brought to this region to exploit their prior expertise with African rice to farm an Asian variety that would later be nicknamed Carolina Gold because of its color and economic value.
    Adrian Miller, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Kane was given antibiotics after being bitten on the elbow while farming in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
    Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Holiday specialties include pumpkin, apple and parsnip soup; pan-seared beef; roasted cod; crispy chicken; and harvest pasta.
    Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • These programs harvest passwords, browser data and other sensitive information, sending it back to the attacker's command and control servers.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
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  • Roughly three weeks later, Irving planted on a Kings player’s foot and had to be carried off the floor with structural damage in his left knee.
    Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Plant at the Right Time Most trees and shrubs acclimate best when planted in either spring or fall.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2025
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  • For people under 30, who may not even remember a time when influencers were not ubiquitous, as well as all manner of marketers and salespeople, the term’s connotations tend to be neutral to positive.
    Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Valadao, a dairy farmer from Hanford, tends to perform better during presidential election years when Trump is on the ballot, Abernathy said.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2025

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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.

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