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cropland

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as in farmland

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Recent Examples of cropland In Brazil, both the Amazon rainforest and the vast grassland known as the Cerrado have been rapidly transformed through clearing and logging operations into pastures and cropland. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026 Severance, which is 10 miles east of Fort Collins, is surrounded by irrigated croplands. — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 2 Apr. 2026 In the past eighteen months, three powerful hurricanes have destroyed countless homes and vast expanses of cropland, displacing more than a million people. — Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026 Anhydrous ammonia is caustic and must be handled as a compressed gas, but given the high nitrogen content, technology was developed to store and transport so it could be injected into cropland. — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cropland

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The agreement also means prime farmland won’t be taken out of production and gives the state a new water source to help the ecosystem, Endean said.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
The property beyond the street was reforested farmland, protected under a program that ensured it could never be used for anything but a farm.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026

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Sliding behind the wheel of a side-by-side utility vehicle, Shoffner takes off across the property and recounts her life story that led her away from the farm, into nonprofit work and back home when her dad got sick.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
Lofoten Gardsysteri is a biodynamic, organic dairy farm that aims to make the best possible use of local resources and distinct flavors.

— Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Oct. 2026

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