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tillage

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Definition of tillage

as in cultivation

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Recent Examples of tillage Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026 Plus, monocropping often goes hand in hand with tillage. — Matt Alderton, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026 Fifty-seven percent of acres are under no-till or conservation tillage, reducing erosion and fuel use. — Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 2 Dec. 2025 The railway boom brought millions of acres of arable land under tillage. — David McWilliams, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tillage

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Lastly, the seaweed work appears especially early-stage and would require cultivation, harvesting, and downstream extraction at enormous scale.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
The bill proposes a comprehensive federal regulatory framework covering cultivation, processing, testing, and labeling.

— A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of cultivation

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That dividing line is a growing source of concern for the town’s residents, whose economy largely depends on tourism and agriculture.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
The lack of acknowledgement on the use of glyphosate is the antithesis of regenerative agriculture and a leap backwards to the movement that acts as the most practical solution to fixing our food system.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of agriculture

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The article highlights the hypocrisy of promoting regenerative farming while allowing glyphosate, a probable carcinogen, which undermines soil health and human well-being.

— Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Fenced in and barred from foraging, fishing, hunting, and farming, Indigenous peoples were intentionally cut off from the calorie-rich landscapes that had fed them for millennia.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of farming

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Well, technically Scott McMahan is the vice president of horticulture and collections at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, but being a plant explorer comes with the job.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Laura Irish-Hanson, an extension horticulture educator at the University of Minnesota, says stopping the spread isn't easy.

— Jeff Wagner, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of horticulture

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Dealing with her own injuries that left her sidelined or on minute-restraints at the start of the season, Clark took to gardening to relieve stress.

— Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 31 July 2026
Beyond getting you outside and moving, gardening offers a satisfying sense of progress.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 30 July 2026

Definition of gardening

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Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of farmwork

Noun

From the agronomy side, that progression was part of the design.

— Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 4 May 2026
Planting a tree or tending to a garden is a simple way for individuals to contribute to the climate fight, Chris Cerveny, a soil science and agronomy expert and co-founder of Just Good Soil, an agricultural company that focuses on regenerative gardening practices, told ABC News.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026

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