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Examples of farming in a Sentence
since an ancestor settled there in the 19th century, farming has been the only occupation for six generations of the family
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That changed in 2018 when Teddy Bekele ascended to the role, an acknowledgement that even farming needs to be more tech forward.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
Based on this amount of farming land—and the assumption that only a huge society could have created so many massive moai statues—previous estimates suggested the island once supported 17,500 or 25,000 people.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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First Known Use
1642, in the meaning defined above
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“Farming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/farming. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
farming
noun
farm·ing
ˈfär-miŋ
: the occupation or business of a person who farms
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