as in agriculture
the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock
since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family
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as in agricultural
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
years of drought had a devastating impact on the region's farming communities
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as in cultivating
to work by plowing, sowing, and raising crops on
we're planning on farming 50 acres the first year
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Recent Examples of farming
Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Callers reported that the venue floor had collapsed into the basement and multiple people were trapped under beams and farming equipment at the venue.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
John Wrory Ficklin, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
In my view, many of those landowners do not want to continue farming.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
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Noun
Royal expert Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that Charles has always had a great love for farming and the great outdoors.
—Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 22 Mar. 2026
Callers reported that the venue floor had collapsed into the basement and multiple people were trapped under beams and farming equipment at the venue.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
Some of those people may be professional myrmecologists (scientists who specialize in the study of ants) and fourmiculture (ant-farming) enthusiasts.
—IEEE Spectrum, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
He was born in 1919, the seventh of 10 children of Strother and Vallie Lee Ficklin who made a living farming their land, raising chickens, and making molasses.
—John Wrory Ficklin, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
In my view, many of those landowners do not want to continue farming.
—Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farming
Noun
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Drought on its own already stresses water supplies, agriculture, and ecosystems.—
Daniel Manzo,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2026
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The grant program has helped fund projects related to agriculture and land use planning.—
Ashley Portillo,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Burlap & Barrel’s best-selling spices are grown only by smallholder farmers in other countries, under specific climate conditions unique to that place and using traditional agricultural methods not widely employed stateside.—
Ori Zohar,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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From large commercial operations to small-scale organic plots, farmers across Illinois and the country are trying to weather the sharp spike in agricultural costs driven by a conflict thousands of miles from their fields.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Athletes today communicate directly with fans through a variety of digital platforms, often cultivating personal brands where their cultural influence extends well beyond the formal marketing strategies of their teams or leagues.—
Rick Burton,
Sportico.com,
21 Mar. 2026
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Artists Equity is unveiling its Writers’ Room program, an in-house development initiative focused on cultivating original screenplays.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Among agrarian humans, endosperm left its mark on our genomes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Mar. 2026
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By probing deeper into outer-borough New York and its agrarian history, White complicates our traditional understanding of slavery as rural and southern, showing how memories of that peculiar institution shape contemporary urban life as well.—
Omari Weekes,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Their peers in the south, meanwhile, are busy harvesting crops before the winter sets in.—
Chloe Taylor,Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Immigrants in the 1920s discovered the abalone and started harvesting them.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
14 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His mother pathologizing him as somewhat of a sociopath and planting that seed in his head is the bigger issue with Benton.—
Max Gao,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Mar. 2026
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Don’t let the hard work of planning and planting a vegetable garden go to waste.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farming. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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