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Recent Examples of cropland
Just one month later, however, parts of the province were awash – pounded by extreme rain that inundated tens of thousands of acres of cropland and forced more than 100,000 people to evacuate their homes, according to state media.
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 July 2024
These WMAs are comprised of cropland, forest, lake and wetlands that serve to provide refuge for geese that may help alleviate the effects of hunting.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
In the mid-1990s, the hog factory farm next door to her mother’s house began to spray manure on nearby cropland as fertilizer.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Groundwater protection Minnesota passed a Groundwater Protection Rule in 2019 that prohibits fall application of commercial fertilizer on 71% of cropland (approximately 1.1 million acres) in Southeastern Minnesota and over 9 million acres statewide.
—Minnpost, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Simone McCarthy, CNN, 22 July 2024
These WMAs are comprised of cropland, forest, lake and wetlands that serve to provide refuge for geese that may help alleviate the effects of hunting.
—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
In the mid-1990s, the hog factory farm next door to her mother’s house began to spray manure on nearby cropland as fertilizer.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Groundwater protection Minnesota passed a Groundwater Protection Rule in 2019 that prohibits fall application of commercial fertilizer on 71% of cropland (approximately 1.1 million acres) in Southeastern Minnesota and over 9 million acres statewide.
—Minnpost, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cropland
Noun
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This damaging effect can be somewhat mitigated by maintaining a mosaic of farmland interspersed with natural habitats that are suitable for supporting insects that are crucial to sustainable food production.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
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Listen to this article Residents looking to block an expansion of a huge solar array on East Windsor farmland got a boost Wednesday when the town’s legislative delegation put out a bipartisan statement slamming the proposal as damaging and unwelcome.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
16 May 2025
Noun
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The habitat is crisscrossed by roads, railways, coal mines, ski resorts, farms, rural properties and small towns.—
Lesley Evans Ogden,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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South Africa is violent enough for nastiness to stream out of the ghettos and into the suburbs, and, indeed, onto the farms.—
Jonny Steinberg,
Time,
22 May 2025
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“Cropland.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cropland. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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