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sharecrop

verb

Definition of sharecrop

as in to farm

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Recent Examples of sharecrop My grandmother, who left school after fourth grade to sharecrop Georgia fields, is 46 and has already spent more than two thirds of her life cleaning white people’s homes. — Hafizah Augustus Geter, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Feb. 2023 Most of that Southern land returned to white owners, who allowed former slaves to sharecrop for pennies on the dollar. — Stephanie Toone, ajc, 19 Oct. 2020 The story of Matilda and her family highlights the horrors of slavery, the abuses of the US South’s sharecropping system, the injustices of segregation and the suffering of black farmers during the Great Depression. — Fox News, 27 Mar. 2020 The history of this great nation is rife with methods to disenfranchise people of color — from sharecropping to segregation to redlining to predatory lending. — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 9 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for sharecrop

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The socio-environmental manager of the reservoir project, Karina Vergara, told CNN that the areas to be resettled were nearby and would have similar soil and conditions favorable to farming.

— Hira Humayun, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026
The family has been farming rice there since 1937 and has long managed its land as both cropland and wildlife habitat.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2026

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Choose a shade-tolerant grass suited to your region, and avoid digging or tilling near the roots.

— Tricia Goss, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2026
The first phase of the project is building the infrastructure, including clearing away brush and debris, tilling the soil and putting up fencing.

— Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026

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