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as in farming

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sharecropping

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verb

present participle of sharecrop

as in harvesting

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Noun

By the late eighteen-sixties, landowners had settled on sharecropping—a system that kept agricultural workers, many of them former slaves, in perpetual debt—to rebuild their economic dominance after the Civil War. — Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 He’s been living in this environment in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in this constant life cycle of sharecropping, going to church, taking care of his family, and repeating it over and over again. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026

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Kola Jean, the agricultural engineer at Compaoré's farm who helps to train others on pineapple farming, estimated that over 100 farmers are now getting into production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
This airborne cyborg—manufactured by XAG, an agricultural-technology company that also makes autonomous vehicles, sensor systems, and other smart-farming tools—is simultaneously an agent of cultivation and destruction.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of farming

Noun

The orbital system combines cell and tissue cultivation, fluid and media management, environmental control, processing, separation, harvesting, and quality monitoring in a closed-loop system.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
This airborne cyborg—manufactured by XAG, an agricultural-technology company that also makes autonomous vehicles, sensor systems, and other smart-farming tools—is simultaneously an agent of cultivation and destruction.

— Pablo Larios, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of cultivation

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Torn between toiling away at farmwork, his corrective swimming lessons, and learning music from a local organist — the elderly Michel (Alexandre Astier, Clichy’s former directing partner), who shows him more kindness than most — Christophe’s world gradually widens.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 19 May 2026
Every year, hundreds of thousands of foreign laborers are drawn to America by the promise of steady, seasonal farmwork through the H-2A program.

— Max Blau, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2026

Definition of farmwork

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As of November, pineapple fields had expanded to around 100 hectares (248 acres) in the administrative region that includes Compaoré's farm, the regional director of agriculture, Adanabou Eric Pascal, told local media at the time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
The Indus basin supplies about 80% of the country's irrigated agriculture, a sector that employs 65% of the labor force and represents roughly 25% of Pakistan's gross domestic product, according to data compiled by Chatham House.

— Sam Meredith,Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of agriculture

Noun

Most claims about cornstarch in gardening, such as repelling ants or boosting water retention, lack scientific evidence.

— Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2026
While your ideal neighbor might have been someone who also enjoyed gardening and other quiet activities, that wasn’t a guarantee.

— R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of gardening

Noun

America’s wealthiest are snapping up huge swathes of farmland, and while some are using it for their elaborate hobbies, agriculture advocates worry the broader trend of the rich purchasing tillage is putting the livelihood of actual farmers at risk.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026
Avoid unnecessary tillage, which can break fungal hyphae, and keep living roots in the ground when practical through perennial plantings or compatible cover crops such as annual ryegrass and crimson clover.

— Dr. Avishesh Neupane, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of tillage

Noun

Students can explore pathways in agricultural business, agricultural science, animal science, forestry and natural resources, ornamental horticulture, plant and soil science, agricultural technologies and advancements, and agricultural mechanics.

— Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Matthew McKernan is the consumer horticulture extension associate at Kansas State University.

— Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of horticulture

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