as in ranch
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
Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Avian influenza had previously been detected at four different locations across Arizona — a zoo near Phoenix, wastewater plants in Flagstaff, a backyard poultry flock in Maricopa County and a farm in Pinal County.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2024
The appointed Ground Water Users Advisory Council, which residents feared would not represent them, is made up fully of people living, some of them farming and ranching, in the area.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Noun
While its herds are quarantined, the family set up a partnership with a dairy farm in uninfected northern California and Aaron McAfee expects to have raw milk on the shelves on Monday from that dairy.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Avian influenza had previously been detected at four different locations across Arizona — a zoo near Phoenix, wastewater plants in Flagstaff, a backyard poultry flock in Maricopa County and a farm in Pinal County.
—Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
Though it’s consumed all over the world today, broccoli was first farmed almost 2,000 years ago in Italy and probably derived from a variety of wild cabbage.
—Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 16 Nov. 2024
The appointed Ground Water Users Advisory Council, which residents feared would not represent them, is made up fully of people living, some of them farming and ranching, in the area.
—Clara Migoya, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
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In her first episode, Hadid’s Sadie has a not-so-friendly run-in with Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly), and is later shown dressed in full Western gear, riding a horse during the auction at Yellowstone ranch.Angel Saunders, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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In the photos, Hadid is sitting on a fence of horse pen at the eponymous ranch of the popular TV show wearing a blue V-neck sleeveless shirt with jeans and suede chaps.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Amid all of this, Border Hawk cultivated a growing audience for stories that blamed migrants themselves for the growing chaos.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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Next Steps for Success: Get the Kids Involved: create opportunities for heirs to participate in philanthropic efforts and legacy planning to cultivate a sense of ownership and responsibility.April Rudin, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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The countless number of men who came via rail to work on Henry Ford’s $5-a-day assembly lines, which debuted the same month as MCS, were planting the seeds for the station’s ultimate neglect and demise.Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
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The seeds of his career were planted back in 2015, when he was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers.Tony East, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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On Wednesday, the FDA issued an advisory recommending that consumers avoid eating Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay and Royal Miyagi oysters harvested in specific British Colombia growing areas between Dec. 1 and Dec. 9.Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Washington has allocated $12 million to fight the invaders, Oregon encourages crabbers to harvest up to 35 of them a day.Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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The mass cultivation of crops that are specially bred to grow larger roots—a concept being tested on a small scale right now—along with farming methods that avoid tilling the soil, could store huge amounts of carbon dioxide as underground biomass for several decades or longer.Inês Azevedo, Foreign Affairs, 13 Apr. 2020
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Eventually, if the economics and logistics work out, these could catch on in row crops, those planted in rows that can be tilled by machinery.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Farm.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/farm. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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