as in cultivator
a person who cultivates the land and grows crops on it
a young farmer whose family has been growing wheat for many generations
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Recent Examples of farmer
Lavant plays Persson, who was a real-life farmer in Sweden during the Cold War.
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Tenant farmers secured long-term leases or bought land at a steep discount from their landlords.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Retaliatory tariffs from China as a result of the trade war has also hobbled soybean farmers, who previously relied on China for more than 20% of its soybean exports.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
With depleting foreign exchange reserves, some businesses have been forced to close as entrepreneurs and farmers turn to the black market in search of hard currency.
—Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Zac Ntim, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
Tenant farmers secured long-term leases or bought land at a steep discount from their landlords.
—Kornel Chang
september 19, Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Retaliatory tariffs from China as a result of the trade war has also hobbled soybean farmers, who previously relied on China for more than 20% of its soybean exports.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2025
With depleting foreign exchange reserves, some businesses have been forced to close as entrepreneurs and farmers turn to the black market in search of hard currency.
—Charles Pensulo, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmer
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Small cultivators and opportunistic entrepreneurs couldn’t keep up, and the supply chain consolidated around a fewer larger, compliant operators.—
Robert Hoban,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The island is home to the Shompen, an indigenous people numbering between 200 and 400, who shun contact with outsiders and are among the last hunters, gatherers, and cultivators.—
M. Rajshekhar,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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Boomsma said any traits the ants have evolved are adaptations driven by natural selection, and creating fitter hybrid workers provided a competitive advantage, allowing Iberian harvester ants to extend their range vastly.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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Interlune wants its harvester to dig up a hundred tons of regolith an hour.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Farmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmer. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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