as in agrarian
engaged in or concerned with agriculture
he grew up in an agricultural community and farming was still in his blood
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Recent Examples of agricultural
Experts also have said that agricultural runoff, warming waters, and changes in wind, current, and rain could have an effect.
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Danica Coto, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
According to the draft document, the U.S. is asking countries to list their best proposals in a number of key areas, including tariff and quota offers for purchase of U.S. industrial and agricultural products and plans to remedy any non-tariff barriers.
—Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Its declining levels could potentially jeopardize municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Labor Shortages Push Innovation In countries like India, where the agricultural workforce is projected to drop to 26.8% by 2050, labor scarcity is forcing farmers to adopt technology.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Danica Coto, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
According to the draft document, the U.S. is asking countries to list their best proposals in a number of key areas, including tariff and quota offers for purchase of U.S. industrial and agricultural products and plans to remedy any non-tariff barriers.
—Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 3 June 2025
Its declining levels could potentially jeopardize municipal water supplies, agricultural irrigation, and hydroelectric power generation.
—Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
Labor Shortages Push Innovation In countries like India, where the agricultural workforce is projected to drop to 26.8% by 2050, labor scarcity is forcing farmers to adopt technology.
—Josh Max, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for agricultural
agrarian
Adjective
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In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, steamships and telegraphs accelerated the process as the Industrial Revolution transformed agrarian economies.—
Robert O. Keohane,
Foreign Affairs,
2 June 2025
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Some see it as a way to modernize and generate jobs in this developing country, while others see it as an end to their way of life as an agrarian economy.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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“Agricultural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/agricultural. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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