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Recent Examples of yeoman
Like the yeoman boys are out in the barn, half-naked, working out, buffing up and wearing animal heads and preparing for some kind of an inchoate battle with the burghers.
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
His dad Marty, an entrepreneur, did the yeoman’s work, lifting Ben out of bed and into his chair, then bathing and feeding him each day.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
The man is a yeoman on the diamond, having spent the past couple of seasons showing up early and sweating out infield drills to refine his skills at shortstop.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Jackson could give the Eagles yeoman’s work at the position that allows the Eagles to get by until next offseason.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 13 Nov. 2025
His dad Marty, an entrepreneur, did the yeoman’s work, lifting Ben out of bed and into his chair, then bathing and feeding him each day.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
The man is a yeoman on the diamond, having spent the past couple of seasons showing up early and sweating out infield drills to refine his skills at shortstop.
—Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 29 Oct. 2025
Jackson could give the Eagles yeoman’s work at the position that allows the Eagles to get by until next offseason.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
16 Feb. 2026
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Native to Southeast Asia, camellias first made their way to California during the Gold Rush, when agriculturist James Lloyd Lafayette Franklin Warren brought seeds from Boston.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2026
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In the north, Louisiana also had sharecroppers and still has cotton fields.—
Christine Ochefu,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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The Malcolms and Dorseys, sharecroppers in Georgia, encouraged Black neighbors to vote in the state's all-white primary earlier that year.—
Brian Unger,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Michaels is already full of lifelike faux flowers, planters, and vases.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
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Be sure to remove the dirt from your planter and give it a good rinse with a garden hose before taking it to the thrift store, says Traxler.—
Alexandra Kelly,
Martha Stewart,
4 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Use a trowel or hand cultivator to break up the soil and turn it over.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2026
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The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Wild ginger is a slow grower can take several years to form a sizeable clump.—
Lynn McAlpine,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Mar. 2026
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Grape growers are leaving fruit to rot as harvest costs exceed market prices, while younger consumers abandon wine for beer and spirits.—
Iris Kwok,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Part of his mission as an exemplary gentleman farmer was to convince his peers to attend to their estates and, in so doing, bring them back into the fold of solid Roman traditions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Feb. 2026
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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
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However, the farmhand, acquired from the Red Sox for catcher Carlos Narváez in December 2024, is on track to make his major league debut in 2026.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
20 Feb. 2026
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Tom Lester played Eb Dawson, the Douglases' sarcastic young farmhand.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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