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tills

verb

present tense third-person singular of till

as in cultivates

to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on farmers tilling the soil from sunup to sunset

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Recent Examples of tills 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

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Like all classic noirs, Frank cultivates a sweaty, visceral realism to the main character’s desire to have a better life at any cost.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Sep. 2026
To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of cultivates

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Her family has run a livestock market since the 1930s and also farms almonds.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Today the winery farms more than 380 acres across Napa Valley, with vineyards in Rutherford, Carneros and Capell Valley, giving it access to dramatically different growing conditions depending on the variety.

— Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of farms

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The club also plants and maintains various Naperville gardens, including Paw Paw Garden at Naper Settlement, Veterans Garden, Blue Star Marker Garden, and the garden and planters at the DuPage Children’s Museum and Trinity House.

— Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Standing at two hours and 30 minutes, along with a 15-minute intermission, the narrative plants you in the middle of a world of ironies.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of plants

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The top layer snaps up laser light and converts it into electricity, while the bottom layer harvests the waste heat to extract even more energy.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 July 2026
Local producer Tsar Nicoulai Caviar raises and harvests its own caviar across its seven fisheries around the area.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026

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