as in farmer
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
in his paintings farmers are invariably depicted as brawny yet noble tillers of the land
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Recent Examples of tiller
Use a garden fork or tiller to loosen the soil to a depth of about 6 to 8 inches.
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Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Add a 2– to 3-inch layer of organic matter and mix it into the soil with a tiller, shovel, or digging fork.
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Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
15 Mar. 2026
Multiple Charlotte fire trucks are out of service The tiller truck isn’t the only new vehicle undergoing repairs.
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Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
Multiple steady hands were on the tiller, and fans hoped for smoother sailing through choppy waters — except modern-day Manchester United appears to be without a tiller, and Amorim even referred to himself as a manager in his first press conference.
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Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Lauren Wellbank,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
Add a 2– to 3-inch layer of organic matter and mix it into the soil with a tiller, shovel, or digging fork.
—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
15 Mar. 2026
Multiple Charlotte fire trucks are out of service The tiller truck isn’t the only new vehicle undergoing repairs.
—
Charlotte Observer,
26 Feb. 2026
Multiple steady hands were on the tiller, and fans hoped for smoother sailing through choppy waters — except modern-day Manchester United appears to be without a tiller, and Amorim even referred to himself as a manager in his first press conference.
—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiller
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Under the Biden administration, federal taxpayers paid farmers billions of dollars to stop planting crops, but that's considered a short-term solution too expensive to maintain indefinitely.
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About two weeks ago, a farmer in northern Missouri posted a video on Facebook about the railroad crossing where the Amtrak train derailed Monday, killing three and injuring dozens.
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The country is a top cultivator and exporter of greenhouse tomatoes (Mexico, China, Canada, the United States and Spain are the other power-green houses in this space, with an annual market of ~$10B growing to ~$16B by 2030).
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Tabar Gifford is a master gardener and partnership cultivator at American Meadows and High Country Gardens.
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“Tiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiller. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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