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as in batch
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far
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as in to grow
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame
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Recent Examples of crop
Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
Renewable energy provides steady income and affordable power, helping farms stay viable when crop prices fall or drought strikes.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The massive resolution would also benefit astrophotographers who do large-scale prints and like to crop in on their images.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
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Noun
But when asked about how Mizzou can improve its downfield passing, Drinkwitz didn’t seem keen on comparing Cook to any of this year’s crop of QBs, who either specialize in extending plays with their legs, lack experience or both.
—Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2025
Renewable energy provides steady income and affordable power, helping farms stay viable when crop prices fall or drought strikes.
—Paul Mwebaze, The Conversation, 28 July 2025
Verb
Long, flow-y pants and cropped, little shirts play up the retro nature of the new Superman adaptation but also cement Hoult as a kind of timeless star.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The massive resolution would also benefit astrophotographers who do large-scale prints and like to crop in on their images.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crop
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In the years between seedlings and harvest, a portion of the acres will have been lost to fires, floods, insects and disease.—
William Baldwin,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Carbon programs claim to preserve forests for longer—operating on as long as 40-year growth cycles—than the timber industry, which has an average 27-year harvest cycle.—
Xander Peters,
Time,
30 July 2025
Noun
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The weekend is here, which means a fresh batch of movie and TV titles are in the queue.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
31 July 2025
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Insurance companies are now using artificial intelligence to process batches of claims instead of giving claims individual attention.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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And Bellevue, to the east, has grown to a similar population size.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Now comes news that many kinds of ticks are expanding their range and growing more abundant in the Midwest.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
26 July 2025
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For trial, Black suggested that Alvarez shave his mustache to detract from the officer’s rough-guy image.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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July 22 could end up being the shortest of 2025, with Earth's rotation shaving off about 1.34 milliseconds from the usual 86,400 seconds.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
22 July 2025
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Please support the local groups that sell fair food.—
Tracy Trobridge,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
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The group has never allowed journalists to visit their sites and Israel's military has barred reporters from independently entering Gaza throughout the war.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 Aug. 2025
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Over the years, she’s cultivated a model built on partnership and trust—aligning closely with community leaders, government stakeholders and local changemakers to build programs that are sustainable and scalable.—
Laura Begley Bloom,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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But fundamentally transforming a street that for decades has largely served a young and working-class night-time crowd — and cultivated a reputation among locals as the stepchild of downtown Austin — is no easy lift.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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On Thursday, the White House announced that Trump had just sent letters to the heads of 17 major pharmaceutical companies pushing them to cut the prices that Americans have to pay down to the levels that people in other countries pay.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The storm cut nearby Miccosukee tribal members off from the rest of the world for two days.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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This process would have stolen away all the dwarf galaxy's stars to leave behind a free-floating black hole with just a small, tight grouping of stars left to keep it company.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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“Crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crop. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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