yeoman

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Recent Examples of yeoman Over the past 25 years, on-board astronauts have done yeoman’s work in the station’s six laboratory modules. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 June 2025 That line did yeoman’s work against Golden Knights star Jack Eichel. Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025 Orioles beat writers Jacob Calvin Meyer and Matt Weyrich are continuing to do yeoman’s work in the first month of what promises to be a very forgettable 2025 Major League Baseball season. Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2025 Developing studio Jump Over the Age put yeoman’s work into Citizen Sleeper’s worldbuilding, especially all the other lonely souls on this starship — each of whom seem to be outrunning something, or someone. Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for yeoman
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
Noun
  • The city of 10,000 was a paradise for a Black kid like Shirley Taylor, 70, whose sharecropper family moved from a shack in Arkansas to a two-story house in the area in 1956.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 15 June 2025
  • Coleman, herself born to sharecropper parents in slavery’s shadow, took that promise of freedom airborne.
    Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • Still, most planters report good harvests from Better Boy, Big Beef, Champion, Celebrity and Mountain Merit.
    Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Now there’s planters outside the front of our house, on our patio, and on our roof.
    Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
  • One of the most egregious examples resulted in the closure of Denver cultivator The Training Fields in 2022.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 20 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • These opportunities weren’t universally available to all girls though, as there were barriers to entry for both African American and poor white daughters of tenant farmers and sharecroppers.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 25 July 2025
  • This was a common practice in British rule, as seen with the Irish tenant farmers, as well as in Great Britain’s dominant involvement in the slave trade.
    Tanya Talaga July 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Dior himself was a gentleman farmer, and his ornamental garden has been preserved.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • In photographs from Hemingway’s time, the most striking thing is how empty the route looks, with only a few dozen young farmhands scattering ahead of the bulls’ horns.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 June 2025
  • Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories Tony Martinez as Pepino Garcia Tony Martinez portrayed Pepino, the McCoys’ farmhand who often served as comic relief.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • The family-friend label came a cropper after it was slapped with a multi-million-dollar copyright lawsuit by Disney, Warner Bros. and other major Hollywood studios for making unauthorized cuts – of scenes deemed unsuitable for family viewing by the brothers – to their movies and series.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 3 June 2025
  • In January, 1813, at York Castle, fourteen croppers stood trial for rioting and machine breaking, which Parliament had deemed a capital offense in the new Frame-Breaking Act.
    John Cassidy, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Compact tillers rent for around $50 to $70 per day, while skid steers can range from $150 to $400 per day, depending on the size and attachments.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 June 2025
  • 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.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2025

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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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