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Recent Examples of cropland
Habitat loss has been insidious — croplands have been stripped of their bordering hedgerows and old fields and woodlots have been converted to housing developments.
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Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
This year, lawmakers rejected a bill to promote solar farms that coexist with cropland.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
The river and its tributaries provide water for about 5 million acres of cropland and pasture, hydroelectric power for millions of people, recreation in the Grand Canyon, and critical habitat for fish and other wildlife.
—Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
Between 2016 and 2040, California is projected to lose more cropland to urbanization than any other state — over 300,000 acres — according to a 2022 American Farmland Trust study.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Bruce Beehler, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2025
This year, lawmakers rejected a bill to promote solar farms that coexist with cropland.
—Tony Schick, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2025
The river and its tributaries provide water for about 5 million acres of cropland and pasture, hydroelectric power for millions of people, recreation in the Grand Canyon, and critical habitat for fish and other wildlife.
—Sarah Porter, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2025
Between 2016 and 2040, California is projected to lose more cropland to urbanization than any other state — over 300,000 acres — according to a 2022 American Farmland Trust study.
—Tina Li, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropland
Noun
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Remnants of the explosion The area near the explosion still reeks of sulfur two months after the tragedy, and shrapnel remains scattered at the compound and surrounding farmland.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, flash floods in Pakistan’s Punjab province have destroyed thousands of acres of farmland, wiping out about 60% of crops and 30% of its sugar cane; cotton production is also expected to fall by 35%.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Feeding a rapidly growing population while cutting emissions demands nothing short of a transformation in how we farm, finance and fuel the future.—
Lucy Hurst,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Police were dispatched to Haar Road in Spring Grove, a heavily agricultural borough of York County dotted with small barns and sprawling farm land.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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