tilled

past tense of till
as in cultivated
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset

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Recent Examples of tilled Château de Selle is located inland from the Mediterranean Sea, on limestone hillsides, planted in arid limestone soil––the earth is actually mechanically tilled to crush the rocks; yields from the 345-acre organic (since 2022) estate are low. John Mariani, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Red clover can make a drought- and shade-tolerant lawn alternative, but it is more often grown as an annual winter cover crop and then tilled into the soil as green manure. Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 11 Aug. 2025
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Verb
  • That’s where Spinal Tap cultivated its generations of followers.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2025
  • America cultivated India both as a counterweight to China and in recognition of the country’s growing economic heft.
    Vaibhav Vats, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • Although some people may see leaves changing color before late October, this often happens because the plants are landscape trees, or trees that grew after seeds from other areas were planted, said Seiler.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Since this aphid attracts a wide variety of beneficial insects that prey on it and pecan pests, crape myrtles have been planted in pecan orchards with a positive impact on pecan harvests.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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  • Often, the soil was intensively and industrially farmed only a few years ago.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Sep. 2025
  • While many commercially available fish are farmed, anchovies are primarily sourced from wild schools across the globe, from Peru to the Mediterranean.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The cork is harvested from the cork forests in Portugal, where Amorim’s corporate headquarters are located.
    Liz Thach, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Edible okra is usually harvested when the pods are about 3 inches long.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Tilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tilled. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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