sharecropped

verb

past tense of sharecrop
as in farmed

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  1. farmed
  2. tilled
  3. cultivated
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  • Following the Blackfoot River and then crossing the Continental Divide, golden aspen trees give way to wide-open fields for wheat and peas where Tester's family has farmed for over a century.
    — Sam Gringlas, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Her designs are crafted in France using leather farmed in France and tanned in Italy, and are constructed entirely without stitching, using an innovative system of folding, assembly and rivets.
    — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of farmed
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  • Ali’s father tilled tiny ancestral fields using an irrigation system developed during the Roman empire.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Creative soil has to be tilled every once in a while.
    — Peter Bogdanovich, IndieWire, 13 May 2026
Definition of tilled
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  • Eisenkot has cultivated a reputation for integrity, competence, and personal rectitude, forging relationships across Israel’s fractured political spectrum.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Smith, who previously worked at fashion house Loewe, sees an opportunity for technology to develop the same kind of recognizable identity that fashion brands have cultivated for decades.
    — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of cultivated
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“Sharecropped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sharecropped. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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