pastoralist

adjective

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as in pastoral

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  1. pastoral
  2. agricultural
  3. bucolic
  4. agrarian
  5. arable
Adjective
  • Giving the grazing cattle a supplement in this manner could help pastoral farming persist in a more sustainable manner, according to the authors.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 2 Dec. 2024
  • During the third year, participants create a pastoral project and present it at an in-person gathering.
    Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
Definition of pastoral
Adjective
  • The Trump Organization makes use of two different kinds of visas: H-2A for agricultural workers, who were hired for the Virginia winery, and H-2B for non-agricultural workers, who staff clubs as servers, clerks, housekeepers and in other hospitality roles.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Mexico and Canada account for the United States' first and third largest suppliers of agricultural products, according to the Departure of Agriculture.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of agricultural
Adjective
  • The musician and actor announced her engagement to Benny Blanco with a requisite Instagram carousel, featuring a manicured hand, a bucolic picnic set-up littered with Taco Bell detritus and champagne bottles, and a starry smile.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The bucolic estate is home to an 18-hole golf course, equestrian stables, sporting clay courses, and also, real life Hobbit Houses.
    Caitlin Palumbo, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of bucolic
Adjective
  • The city has ramped up its efforts to support Detroit’s agrarian industry.
    Lyndsay C. Green, Detroit Free Press, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Such stories had powerful meanings for agrarian societies with ghosts representing the desires and experiences of peasant society.
    Tithi Bhattacharya / Made by History, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of agrarian
Adjective
  • One study predicted that replacing arable land with Miscanthus × giganteus plantations could sequester between two and three metric tons of carbon per hectare every year in the plants’ underground roots.
    Juergen Eckhardt, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The country itself is the fourth wealthiest in the EU, with a GDP per capita of $52,000 (€48,000) and the CIA World Factbook lists its natural resources as petroleum, natural gas, fish, arable land, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of arable
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