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Recent Examples of cropland
Today, Israeli forces still surround it, and his croplands are destroyed.
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Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Some 24 million hectares of croplands had been left to their own devices.
—Bydan Charles, science.org, 2 Jan. 2025
In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Acid rain, caused by these emissions, has damaged a third of China’s limited cropland, in addition to forests and watersheds on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan.
—Thomas N. Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2013
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Jawad Rizkallah, NPR, 24 Jan. 2025
Some 24 million hectares of croplands had been left to their own devices.
—Bydan Charles, science.org, 2 Jan. 2025
In one, five women in white hanbok, carrying bundles of white laundry on their heads, form a tight, diagonal spiral (in response to gusts of wind?) against dark fields of grass and cropland.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2025
Acid rain, caused by these emissions, has damaged a third of China’s limited cropland, in addition to forests and watersheds on the Korean Peninsula and in Japan.
—Thomas N. Thompson, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropland
Noun
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Some solutions include switching to salt-tolerant crops or enrolling in programs that pay landowners to convert farmland to wetland habitat.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
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Situated in a dense beachside enclave, its layout features urban and suburban spaces arrayed around farmland.—
Jeffrey Steele,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The stately manor, once owned by King Hassan II of Morocco, sits on a 90-acre parcel, to which Pendry has added an organic farm, a complex with two pools and a hot tub, tennis courts, and an event space.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Rockies’ farm system is ranked in the middle of the pack.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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