farmyard

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Recent Examples of farmyard Our kitchen door opened onto a narrow strip of terrace and the low stone wall separating us from the farmyard. Rosanna Warren, Harper's Magazine, 25 June 2024 The property is farmed regeneratively, with an orchard, garden, vineyard and farmyard denizens — chickens, two longhorn cows, horses and a flock of geese — that greet you along the driveway. Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 27 May 2024 It was written that her character, Thomasin, would cry during a scene in which she is dragged through her family’s farmyard after she’s accused of being an evil presence inside her home. Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 May 2024 Her character Thomasin is initially meant to cry when she is dragged from the family’s farmyard and accused of being the evil presence inside the house. Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for farmyard 
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Noun
  • Newsom issued the state of emergency after an outbreak of the virus occurred among dairy cows in Southern California farms.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The Biden administration approved new operating rules for California’s two main water delivery systems, which redirect enormous amounts of flow from Northern California rivers to San Joaquin Valley farms and Southern California cities.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Beyond commodities, blockchain technology could also facilitate other types of transactions for farmers, such as the sale of farmland in Zambia or bakery machinery from South Africa to Zimbabwe.
    Henry Duckworth, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
  • But residents have continued to campaign against the project since June's planning commission meeting, raising concerns about traffic, flooding, continued loss of farmland and an overall loss of the agricultural character of the area.
    Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Recent data from the USDA Summary of Land Values indicates a consistent increase of cropland value in Montana from 2012 on.
    Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The researchers excluded urbanization of former cropland because those lands are unlikely to be returned to their pre-developed state.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Noun
  • This farmstead is the oldest log structure in Austin still in its original location, now part of the Rosedale neighborhood.
    Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Steward’s walk was the real deal: a four-hour amble along secondary roads past farmsteads and olive groves, the undulating terrain fanning out around us on all sides.
    Peter Terzian, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Locations include a villa in the South of France, a farmhouse in Tuscany, a flat in the French Alps, and a townhouse in Mallorca.
    Caroline Tell, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
  • What begins as a cheery reunion in a New England farmhouse decked out like Santa’s workshop ends as a collective meltdown with carols.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In her first episode, Hadid’s Sadie has a not-so-friendly run-in with Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), and is later shown dressed in full Western gear, riding a horse during the auction at Yellowstone ranch.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • In the photos, Hadid is sitting on a fence of horse pen at the eponymous ranch of the popular TV show wearing a blue V-neck sleeveless shirt with jeans and suede chaps.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024

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