pastoralist

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Recent Examples of pastoralist As pastoralist communities moved their flocks, the sheep had more contact with infected wild animals. Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastoralist
Adjective
  • Rowland wrote these tunes surrounded by that pastoral beauty.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The answer isn’t to toggle back and forth between going all out and retreating into pastoral fantasies, but to recognize that for everything, there is a season.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mati Carbon has successfully piloted a method that uses basalt to soak up atmospheric carbon, while potentially improving agricultural yields for billions of small scale farmers in the Global South.
    Eduardo Garcia, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • More than 200,000 tons of agricultural products are moved through Osceola's harbor every year, according to the Department of Commerce.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The compound, which is situated on eight bucolic acres with over 1,000 feet of water frontage, features a 7,600-square-foot main home with five bedrooms and six bathrooms.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2025
  • From romantic florals to elegant damasks and bucolic toile scenes, old-world wallpaper is making a grand and graceful return.
    Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • More of the past awaits in the Boxley Valley Historic District, where the remains of an enduring agrarian community collide with some of the park's most beloved wildlife.
    Katie Strasberg Rousso, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This era saw the rise of factories and reduction in agrarian economy.
    Ankit Pathak, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The grim irony of Sudan’s predicament is that Africa’s third-largest country boasts significant mineral reserves, including huge quantities of gold, as well as vast swathes of arable land.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • According to Keel Labs, its Kelsun fiber is made from seaweed biopolymers and requires no freshwater or arable land while remaining non-toxic and biodegradable.
    Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And so the community would persist, a tableau of georgic calm sealed inside the bottle of a company town.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 15 Apr. 2020

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“Pastoralist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastoralist. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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