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Recent Examples of yeoman
McAdams, who did yeoman’s work in Raimi’s previous movie (the aforementioned Marvel sequel), is the perfect fit for this kind of nonsensical Hollywood role.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Over the years, the government has made a yeoman’s effort at explaining the reason for the no-fault nature of the court—which has nothing to do with Washington cutting sweetheart deals with Big Pharma.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Police and prosecutors are doing yeoman’s work to keep our communities safe and to keep people like Lawrence Reed from escaping justice only to harm again.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The teams processed the tedious paperwork and did the yeoman’s work to dig through all of the laborious insurance responsibilities.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 31 Jan. 2026
Advertisement Over the years, the government has made a yeoman’s effort at explaining the reason for the no-fault nature of the court—which has nothing to do with Washington cutting sweetheart deals with Big Pharma.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
Police and prosecutors are doing yeoman’s work to keep our communities safe and to keep people like Lawrence Reed from escaping justice only to harm again.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 25 Nov. 2025
The teams processed the tedious paperwork and did the yeoman’s work to dig through all of the laborious insurance responsibilities.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 15 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
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Dressing gardens with compost helps improve soil structure and fertility, supports sustainable gardening practices, keeps ecosystems in balance and can reduce greenhouse gases, agriculturists tell us.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 2026
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Harvesting, usage, and benefits The type of rooibos predominantly cultivated by the tea industry is the Cederberg region’s Nortier (sometimes called Nortieria), named for the man credited with kick-starting the rooibos tea industry, South African agriculturalist Pieter le Fras Nortier.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
25 Mar. 2026
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All my grandparents were sharecroppers in Mississippi before migrating to Gary in the late 1920s.—
Lori Latham,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
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The patron saint of the 2024 Democratic National Convention was Fannie Lou Hamer—recalcitrant sharecropper turned agitator and, like the Democratic presidential nominee, a black woman.—
Ta-Nehisi Coates,
Vanity Fair,
15 June 2026
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Currently, the west side of Mellon Square features large planters and a continuous walkway with limited seating.—
Gabby Sartori,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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Depending on your balcony's size, prioritizing hanging baskets or planter boxes that attach to your railing can save floor space.—
Abby Wolner,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 June 2026
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Tabar Gifford is a master gardener and partnership cultivator at American Meadows and High Country Gardens.—
Mallory Carra,
The Spruce,
14 June 2026
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But one of the state's largest cannabis cultivators says that promise is beginning to break down.—
Karen Morfitt,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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Terras Gauda has even helped encourage adoption by providing plant material to growers interested in grafting the variety into their vineyards.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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As inflation and supply chains disruptions caused prices at the grocery store to soar, and a cultural movement toward sustainable, organic eating increased, the number of backyard growers and micro-farmers are rapidly growing across Connecticut.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
17 June 2026
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Set in the Bangladeshi countryside during a pre-digital era, the film centers on Sadu, an impoverished tenant farmer who lives in isolation with his volatile wife.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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Jim Clayton, 91 The mobile home mogul grew up in a Tennessee log cabin; his family were tenant farmers on the property.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2026
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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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The voice that had so startled me belonged to our farmhand, Heisuke, a loyal but rather slow-witted man.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 May 2026
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Case details Brewer, a farmhand, was convicted in the 1990 murder of an Amarillo flooring company owner.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC news,
20 May 2026
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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