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Recent Examples of arable
For instance, the Bangladesh delta, one of the most fertile and densely populated areas in the world, is already experiencing problems, including salinity intrusion, rising sea levels and the loss of arable land.
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Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Keel Labs, its Kelsun fiber is made from seaweed biopolymers and requires no freshwater or arable land while remaining non-toxic and biodegradable.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The policy has left arable land abandoned, say critics, contributing to Japan’s worst rice shortage since 1993, when an unusually chilly summer tanked rice yields.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2025
Russia will gain a comparable amount of newly arable land in the coming decades.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Pintu Kumar Mahla, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
According to Keel Labs, its Kelsun fiber is made from seaweed biopolymers and requires no freshwater or arable land while remaining non-toxic and biodegradable.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
The policy has left arable land abandoned, say critics, contributing to Japan’s worst rice shortage since 1993, when an unusually chilly summer tanked rice yields.
—Takehiko Kambayashi, Christian Science Monitor, 18 July 2025
Russia will gain a comparable amount of newly arable land in the coming decades.
—Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for arable
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The store is redolent with the aroma of warm chocolate and an ambience evoking the agricultural roots of cacao with plants and growing tunnels.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Feb. 2026
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In exchange for lifting restrictions, China has agreed to reduce tariffs on Canadian canola oil, one of Canada’s top agricultural exports.—
Robert Ferris,
CNBC,
13 Feb. 2026
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Some of that uptick is the monocultural nature of the game.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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In the runup to the 2025 Super Bowl, Fox had sold out its ads by August, a sign that advertisers were willing to pay a steep price for one of the last remaining monocultural events in America.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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Well into the 20th century, the state relied on taxing land and buildings which, in that agrarian period, were major forms of personal wealth.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2026
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McNally’s enthusiastic endorsement of Altadena and its agrarian and esthetic charms led wealthy families from the Midwest and East to [build] their winter homes in Altadena.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Arable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arable. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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