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a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock
a farm that has been in the same family for five generations
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Recent Examples of farm
Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
These farm country voters wish presidential candidates paid them more attention.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Good to note that this is a family-run winery making organically farmed wine from Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Lobby group Family Business UK said tens of thousands of family-run businesses and farms will be ruined by this change due to lower levels of inheritance tax relief.
—Marc Shoffman, theweek, 6 Nov. 2024
These farm country voters wish presidential candidates paid them more attention.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
And all Atlantic salmon sold in the U.S. is farmed.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
Good to note that this is a family-run winery making organically farmed wine from Oregon’s Yamhill-Carlton AVA.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for farm
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During a collapse, ranch members would come here to survey for threats.Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Many encouraged us to give him a fry or to at least dip the celery in ranch.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Newsom has devoted much of his second term as governor to cultivating national media attention, especially from Democrat-leaning outlets such as MSNBC.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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The devastation that wiped out the dinosaurs created ideal conditions for various fungi to thrive, and ants actually began to cultivate fungi.Popular Science Staff, Popular Science, 6 Nov. 2024
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So can food plots, especially those planted with timely species.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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Are Lilies Perennials That Can Survive Winter? Why to Leave Lily Bulbs in the Ground True lily bulbs planted in their growing zones are best left in the ground in the fall for a couple of reasons.Lauren David, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bramble fruit are harvested from canes which produce a crop in their second year of growth.Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 14 Nov. 2024
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Even if they’re harvested in the form of digital DNA. Want to go deeper?Benji Jones, Vox, 2 Nov. 2024
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The 63-year-old lives in the same house his great-grandad helped build, tilling the same fields his father worked.Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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In Gaza’s south is the governorate of Khan Younis, stretching from its eponymous medieval city, where the citadel wall stands as its historic anchor, to the lush fields that families have tilled for generations.Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farm. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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