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
And always remember to keep your eyes on the prize, your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel, your hand on the tiller, your face to the wind, your chin up, your ear tothe ground, and your foot on the pedal.
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The course that tiller charts or who will be steering it in a few months’ time remains the subject of intense speculation.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Adams, meanwhile, may be fatally unpopular, damaged by both public corruption charges, dropped by President Donald Trump in what many Democrats saw as deeper corruption; and by a perception that his hand is not firmly on the tiller.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
India emerges as an example of the downside of tiller reforms’ incrementalism.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025
The course that tiller charts or who will be steering it in a few months’ time remains the subject of intense speculation.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Adams, meanwhile, may be fatally unpopular, damaged by both public corruption charges, dropped by President Donald Trump in what many Democrats saw as deeper corruption; and by a perception that his hand is not firmly on the tiller.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 25 June 2025
India emerges as an example of the downside of tiller reforms’ incrementalism.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tiller
Noun
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The farmer, his son and grandson were still collecting mink, with more than a dozen live traps deployed and checked routinely, Hobbs said.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Canada has long cheated on Tariffs, charging our farmers as much as 400%.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Colorado regulators fined more than 40 cannabis cultivators and manufacturers over the last five years for failing to comply with testing requirements.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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Those businesses have been waiting for cultivators, manufacturers and testing facilities to establish a supply of products to sell to customers.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Tiller.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tiller. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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