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Recent Examples of till
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
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Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for till
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In the view of many faculty members, Baccarelli had undermined the public position Harvard spent months cultivating—as a beacon of academic integrity, unwilling to bend to the administration’s political pressure.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
16 Oct. 2025
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The model takes roughly two weeks to cultivate and mature, followed by a few days of drug testing – dramatically faster and cheaper than animal studies.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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There’s a multi-generational collective of Shinnecock women in New York who farm kelp to clean up a bay.—
Fortune,
Fortune,
13 Oct. 2025
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Since the early 1930s, Flora’s family has farmed in the region.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hunters in alligator management zone 1 in southwest Arkansas checked 69 alligators, and hunters in south-central Arkansas, zone 2, harvested four.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Oct. 2025
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That’s why the space agency targets the lunar south pole, aiming to harvest water ice for breathable oxygen, fuel, and drinking water.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Oct. 2025
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Jones also seemed planted in the pocket and was sacked three times in the fourth quarter alone.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
14 Oct. 2025
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Large, late-flowering bulbs are planted at the bottom.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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But many owners who’ve had their vehicle for a long time tend to have an attachment to that vehicle.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Meals are hyper-locally sourced, in part from the garden out back tended by the head of grounds—who also doubles as the yoga instructor—and serve as an education to the flora and fauna of the desert.—
Laura Dannen Redman,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Till.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/till. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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