tiller

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Recent Examples of tiller The latter allows the control unit to seamlessly attach to the end of the tiller for the advantage of one-handed steering and speed control. New Atlas, 28 May 2025 Work compost and other amendments into the upper 6 to 12 inches of soil using a garden fork or tiller. Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 June 2025 For now, Ratcliffe’s arrival has provided an opportunity for the Glazers to step back from the day-to-day, shuffle slightly out of the spotlight, pocket a cool $151.5m each, and see whether a different hand at the tiller could reap better results on and off the pitch. Adam Crafton, New York Times, 12 May 2025 The tiller is made from durable steel and features a curved T-handle, an anti-slip step plate to easily penetrate the soil, and a sharp, six-point claw that loosens even the hardest of soil with ease. Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for tiller
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Noun
  • Firn formulas, which contain between 85 percent and 99.9 percent natural ingredients, is dedicating 1 percent of its sales to a nonprofit helping farmers.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
  • Shrimpers in the Gulf of Mexico, for instance, are thus direly connected to farmers in the Midwest.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 29 June 2025
Noun
  • Matías Litvak – An Argentine cultivator and activist based in Israel, Litvak oversaw cannabis R&D at Bar-Ilan University’s grow facilities.
    Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
  • To make their product, the food company’s scientists collect living cells from Pacific salmon and grow them in cell cultivators that mimic the inside of a wild fish—controlling factors like temperature, pH and nutrients, per their website.
    Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2025

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“Tiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiller. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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