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Recent Examples of yeoman
The offensive line did yeoman’s work and Willis hit Reed in stride at the Jacksonville 40.
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.
—Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
Ty one on: Holton has done yeoman’s work in the role (along with every other role this season), with just one run allowed in his seven starts, covering 14 innings (including two Monday).
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
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Rob Reischel, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
On the other hand, the Democratic-Republicans’ vision for the nation was based on the yeoman farmer with limited federal government and no standing army.
—Lindsay M. Chervinsky / Made By History, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Lessening the impact of wildfires and expediting recovery can help farms and ranches do yeoman’s work to support health and the economy.
—Andrew J. Whelton, The Conversation, 13 Aug. 2024
Ty one on: Holton has done yeoman’s work in the role (along with every other role this season), with just one run allowed in his seven starts, covering 14 innings (including two Monday).
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yeoman
Noun
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Her father was a sharecropper — and later, a knitting mill worker — who played fiddle and gave voice lessons at the local Methodist church.—
Bill Friskics-Warren,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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Come evening, check into the 52-unit Shack Up Inn, which comprises a collection of former sharecroppers’ cabins surrounded by farm equipment and literal tumbleweeds.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
7 Jan. 2025
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Amid the Treasure Valley’s rapid growth, church planters see an opportunity.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Feb. 2025
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This design maximizes the space with two rocking chairs and two planters, creating a balanced, symmetrical look.—
Macie Stump,
Southern Living,
17 Feb. 2025
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Proposed businesses, which include cultivators, retailers and testing facilities, have until March 14 to get their applications in.—
Torey Van Oot,
Axios,
18 Feb. 2025
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Selling her winter black truffles at $85 per ounce, Martin said her prices generally compete with Italian cultivators’.—
Alexandra Byrne,
NBC News,
10 Feb. 2025
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Black sharecroppers and tenant farmers were plotting an insurrection.—
Christmaelle Vernet & Kathy Roberts Forde / Made by History,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The new bill in parliament aims to claw back some of that land by expanding community ownership and giving more power to tenant farmers and smaller landholders.—
Robert Ormerod,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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California’s beautiful water was tamed water, a community irrigation water system ideal for the gentleman farmer.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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And if tuning out entirely isn’t your speed, such activities as foraging, beekeeping, flower collecting, and focaccia baking are all available to bolster the gentleman farmer vibe.—
Leena Kim,
Town & Country,
18 June 2023
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But the Marlins also will give a long look to Matt Mervis, the former highly regarded Cubs farmhand who was rated the No. 5 first base prospect in baseball just a year ago.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
5 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, fellow farmhands George Lombard Jr., Roderick Arias and Rafael Flores all received their first big league invites.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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DeSantis' landslide will likely turn out to be the historically most important result from last Tuesday, akin to but with even greater consequences than George W. Bush's victory in Texas in 1998, another midterm year in which the GOP otherwise came a cropper.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
28 Nov. 2022
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But on closer inspection, there are differences: This cropper is shirtless, his backside a bit too pert, and the stalks of asparagus growing from the ground are, in fact, penises.—
Max Norman David Chow Victoria Petro-Conroy,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2022
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The aging tiller takes pride in that fact as well as his work.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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The no-nonsense, commercial look also stretches to the central helm with a trio of 22-inch Garmin screens as well as a tiller and joystick controls.—
Howard Walker,
Robb Report,
30 Dec. 2024
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“Yeoman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yeoman. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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