field hands

Definition of field handsnext
plural of field hand

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for field hands
Noun
  • Another issue worrying farmers in major food-producing countries like Brazil and India is that the war is also hurting the export market.
    Fatma Tanis, NPR, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Along with trade instability, American farmers deal with labor shortages, extreme weather, high interest rates, rising input costs and lower commodity prices, all of which threaten the bottom line.
    Matt Alderton, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Add a new outdoor rug to your front porch for a welcoming entry, boost your curb appeal with hanging planters, illuminate your yard with our favorite string lights, or style a full patio furniture refresh with a new conversation set.
    Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Oversized planters or the wrong soil can cause root rot and weak growth.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The commission offers a range of license types, including cultivators, craft marijuana cooperatives, product manufacturers, retailers, research facilities, independent testing laboratories, transporters and microbusinesses.
    State House News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Stanislaus County Agricultural Commissioner Linda Pinfold said growers in Northern California counties such as Yuba and Sutter, where many cling peaches are now grown, are particularly concerned about losing a major processing facility.
    Nina Burns, CBS News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • This would be a pity for nature, but also a major loss for the growers.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At harvest, reapers took what was in the mix, both cultivated and wild.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
  • These friends-to-enemies must navigate their complicated feelings for each other while solving the mystery of why reapers are turning part-human again.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Despite that, effective control over such management priorities has long rested with agriculturalists and hunters, whose interests are not always shared by the vast majority of Coloradans.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Coming from the Orinoco Basin in South America, groups of agriculturalists settled in villages in the western and eastern parts of the Caribbean, speaking languages derived from the language family known as Arawakan.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Oktyabr Dospanov, curator of the Nukus Museum of Art’s archaeology department, explained that rice cultivation in Karakalpakstan took off in the 1960s, when Soviet agronomists introduced it as a salt-tolerant crop for the area’s saline soil.
    Michael Snyder, Saveur, 11 Mar. 2026
  • All 11 stadiums — even the four that play NFL football on natural grass — will bring in special sod carefully crafted by agronomists and approved by FIFA.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Field hands.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/field%20hands. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.

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