pastoralist

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastoralist
Adjective
  • The order, based on the teachings of St. Augustine, brings together the disciplines of contemplation and pastoral ministry.
    Harry Kraemer, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • Its core principles are being integrated into pastoral initiatives and interreligious dialogue at the national and international levels.
    Craig Considine, The Conversation, 5 May 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Based on their analyses, the stones do not appear to have been placed there for agricultural purposes, such as to mark the boundary between croplands or to fence in livestock.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Image The anticipation of selling her house is bittersweet, as Ms. Collins enjoys her bucolic surroundings and watching birds nest in her yard.
    Lana Bortolot, New York Times, 20 May 2025
  • Prairie Village, Kansas, a bucolic suburb west of State Line Road, was one of Nichols’ crowning achievements.
    Alfredo Sosa, Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • The short American school day and year are still basically rooted in the 19th century agrarian needs to have the kids available to work the farm in the summers.
    Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • The community, perhaps because of its martial and agrarian origins, as well as a fierce sense of autonomy, plays an outsize role in trucking and transport in India and North America alike.
    Andrew Moore, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Adjective
  • And the infrastructure needed for adequate food production – greenhouses, arable lands, orchards, livestock and food production facilities – has been destroyed or heavily damaged.
    Yara M. Asi, The Conversation, 21 May 2025
  • These plots comprised one of four habitat types: forest, grassland, arable land and human settlements (Figure 2, also see Figure 3).
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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