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as in batch
a usually small number of persons considered as a unit
the school's latest crop of graduates is its most academically gifted so far
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as in to grow
to look after or assist the growth of by labor and care
a family that's been cropping potatoes on that piece of land for generations
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as in to shave
to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument
grass cropped short by repeated grazing cropped the painting to fit the frame
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Recent Examples of crop
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Even the latest crop of Instagram-friendly play spaces like Space Club in Fort Greene skew heavily kid — adults won’t be miserable there but would never go on their own.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 July 2025
Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Simple adjustments such as cropping and rotating worked, but more complex adjustments and filters would strip out the HDR information, resulting in a significant loss of quality.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Noun
The Imperial Valley conflict is one manifestation of an increasingly sharp debate within California’s $60 billion agricultural sector — the largest of any state — over what should happen as the acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Even the latest crop of Instagram-friendly play spaces like Space Club in Fort Greene skew heavily kid — adults won’t be miserable there but would never go on their own.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 16 July 2025
Verb
The massive resolution would also benefit astrophotographers who do large-scale prints and like to crop in on their images.
—Harry Bennett, Space.com, 3 July 2025
Simple adjustments such as cropping and rotating worked, but more complex adjustments and filters would strip out the HDR information, resulting in a significant loss of quality.
—Paul Monckton, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crop
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Find out the best way to propagate tomatoes for an endless harvest.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 July 2025
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Some gardeners do get lucky and continue their plants through summer and into the fall for a good harvest.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
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Either way, prepare a big batch of yellow lemonade and place it in a large drink dispenser.—
Claire Hoppe Norgaard,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 July 2025
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The recalled batch is linked to the same strain of Salmonella that has made 11 people sick across 10 different states, the CDC said.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 July 2025
Verb
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And Bellevue, to the east, has grown to a similar population size.—
Austin Hornbostel,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Though best known for corn and soybeans, Indiana also grows a lot of tomatoes (tuh-may-tuhs, as my Hoosier grandfather would have called them).—
Bradley Hohulin,
IndyStar,
26 July 2025
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For trial, Black suggested that Alvarez shave his mustache to detract from the officer’s rough-guy image.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
22 July 2025
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July 9 was the first of three days in which a millisecond or more could be shaved off the clock on account of how the moon's position relative to Earth is influencing our planet's rotation.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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The group is no stranger to events that benefit local charities.—
Kirby Adams,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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Health might be the one thing that could keep this group from reaching its ceiling.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
21 July 2025
Verb
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As a media personality, Bongino spent years cultivating an impressive following on the right, many of whom remain behind him in this current fight.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
14 July 2025
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While coffee beans originated in ninth-century Ethiopia, the plant wasn’t cultivated and brewed into the drink the world has come to know and love until the 15th century in Yemen, according to NESCAFÉ.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
Verb
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The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith and the duo of Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery were among the acts who cut her songs.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 July 2025
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The National Endowment for the Humanities cut the grant this spring.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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This process would have stolen away all the dwarf galaxy's stars to leave behind a free-floating black hole with just a small, tight grouping of stars left to keep it company.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 July 2025
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When in a forest, stay in proximity to shorter tree groupings.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
25 July 2025
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“Crop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crop. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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