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Recent Examples of farmland
In 2022, Nigeria faced its most severe flooding in over a decade, resulting in more than 600 deaths, the displacement of approximately 1.4 million people, and the destruction of 440,000 hectares of farmland.
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
The rains, which usually arrive in June and last through September, are needed to grow crops, irrigate farmland and replenish India’s reservoirs.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
After a Scandinavian breakfast at Broder Øst, spend the day cycling through the surrounding farmlands or riding the Mount Hood Railroad before winding down over beers and ‘za at the Waterfront Park.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
By the time the country became independent in 1980, after a 15-year guerrilla war, nearly half its farmland was owned by some 4,000 white people, who made up about one-twentieth of 1% of the population of 7 million.
—Ish Mafundikwa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
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Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
The rains, which usually arrive in June and last through September, are needed to grow crops, irrigate farmland and replenish India’s reservoirs.
—Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 27 May 2025
After a Scandinavian breakfast at Broder Øst, spend the day cycling through the surrounding farmlands or riding the Mount Hood Railroad before winding down over beers and ‘za at the Waterfront Park.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2025
By the time the country became independent in 1980, after a 15-year guerrilla war, nearly half its farmland was owned by some 4,000 white people, who made up about one-twentieth of 1% of the population of 7 million.
—Ish Mafundikwa, Christian Science Monitor, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farmland
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This is one of at least four routes established to control Gaza by the Israeli military who demolish and clear all buildings and cropland to make way for them.—
Sarah-Grace Mankarious,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
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Destroying forests creates deserts, sandstorms, dry riverbeds and arid croplands.—
Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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President Trump vowed to help protect agricultural workers just days after federal immigration officials targeted farms and meat packing plants in a widespread effort to detain people without legal status.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
16 June 2025
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Pete’s brother, a former hockey player who misses his glory days, is an alcoholic who cares for the family’s large mink farm.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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In Out in the Country (1939), a woman lounges in a farmyard, seemingly relaxed, but a brood of trees and distant humped hills like burial mounds spoil the bucolic mood.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
ARTnews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But getting from laboratory breakthrough to farmyard reality isn't simple.—
Heide Brandes,
thehustle.co,
24 Jan. 2025
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The operation is massive: participants haul wagons and horses up to Nevada from all over California and coordinate nightly rest stops in shopping centers, ranches, even neighborhoods.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Blue Origin, the space company founded and owned by Jeff Bezos, launched six people to the edge of space Saturday, May 31, from Bezos' ranch in West Texas, CBS News reports.—
Stephen Clark – Jun 6,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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“Farmland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farmland. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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