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Recent Examples of monoculture
These evergreen monocultures, originally planted as lumber during the country’s postwar building boom, cause annoying seasonal allergies and dangerous erosion that leads to mudslides.
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Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
But today’s monoculture farms typically have just one crop per year; in the winter, after harvest, the ground stands bare.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
In a splintered media world, there is only one true vestige of monoculture left: The Super Bowl.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
These provide habitat and a food source for insects and critters that otherwise might not thrive in a traditional monoculture system.
—David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
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Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2025
But today’s monoculture farms typically have just one crop per year; in the winter, after harvest, the ground stands bare.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
In a splintered media world, there is only one true vestige of monoculture left: The Super Bowl.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Feb. 2025
These provide habitat and a food source for insects and critters that otherwise might not thrive in a traditional monoculture system.
—David Rosoff, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for monoculture
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In response, China has announced a fresh round of retaliatory tariffs, covering US agriculture imports, which took effect Monday.—
John Liu,
CNN,
13 Mar. 2025
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The filing also outlines the company's strategic focus on expanding its Precision Logistics services to small and medium-sized businesses in the agriculture, food, and healthcare industries.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
12 Mar. 2025
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Penny has reported on everything from national civil rights issues to hog farming in Illinois, Georgia, Texas and now Arkansas.—
Penny Weaver,
arkansasonline.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Their inability to adapt to more productive farming technologies and more efficient labor management led to a widespread transfer of land to emerging social classes, notably the bourgeoisie.—
Vitaliy Goncharuk,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The measure would not legalize marijuana sales or the commercial cultivation and distribution of cannabis.—
A.J. Herrington,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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From adopting eco-friendly packaging to implementing energy-efficient cultivation practices like LED lighting and water recycling systems, sustainability initiatives can not only reduce costs but also appeal to environmentally conscious consumers.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Rather than being constantly on the move, traditional Maasai pastoralism has been more about strategic relocation.—
Christine Ro,
Forbes,
9 Sep. 2024
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For her, this discovery adds to the evidence that nomadic dairy pastoralism has sustained Mongolians for thousands of years.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Discover Magazine,
25 June 2024
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While there has been loads of research on animal husbandry, there has not been all that much investigation into animals’ conscious experiences outside their role as food products for humans.—
Melanie Stetson Freeman,
The Christian Science Monitor,
22 Nov. 2024
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This ordinance embraces the presence of livestock and bees through animal husbandry.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Nov. 2024
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The Bible tells the story of many faith traditions, cultures, and civilizations striving to be free.—
Rev. Dr. Serene Jones,
TIME,
17 Mar. 2025
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One wonders what an institution like The Met or the Louvre might do with the same existential subject matter, extending the purview beyond recent art history to ancient cultures too.—
Mark Guiducci,
Vogue,
17 Mar. 2025
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Meanwhile, animal agribusiness is taking advantage of consumers and profiting from soaring prices blamed on bird flu.—
William Lambers,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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Agriculture: Retaliatory tariffs from China could hurt U.S. farmers reliant on export markets, leading to potential declines in agribusiness stocks.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Monoculture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monoculture. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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