as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
an agrarian community the nation's agrarian history
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The plot revolves around the Black protagonist’s Kafkaesque trial before the U.S. Supreme Court for supposedly attempting to restore slavery and segregation in his small, agrarian community near Los Angeles, and our hero’s reflections on what led him to this point.
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Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
The stone once served the purpose of delineating agrarian borders between villages during the region of the Roman Tetrarchy.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Gone, too, were the Topanga Ranch Motel, a bungalow style motel complex built in 1929 by William Randolph Hearst to house railroad workers, and the Malibu Feed Bin, a holdout from an era when this stretch of the California coast was still largely agrarian.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The sleek, contemporary design harmonizes effortlessly with natural materials and warm details, a nod to the region’s agrarian roots.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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Barbara Ellis, The Denver Post, 3 Feb. 2025
The stone once served the purpose of delineating agrarian borders between villages during the region of the Roman Tetrarchy.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Gone, too, were the Topanga Ranch Motel, a bungalow style motel complex built in 1929 by William Randolph Hearst to house railroad workers, and the Malibu Feed Bin, a holdout from an era when this stretch of the California coast was still largely agrarian.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The sleek, contemporary design harmonizes effortlessly with natural materials and warm details, a nod to the region’s agrarian roots.
—Noel Burgess, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Agrarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agrarian. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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