farmland
Example Sentences
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Jacques, a 71-year-old retired engineer, stands outside his eco-friendly home on the edge of Moerdijk, built in the mid 1990s on what was once farmland.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026
Add to that Hurricane Melissa, which struck the island nation in October 2025, flooding fertile farmland and destroying crops.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
There are two data center sites set for Sharp’s neighborhood in Wilmington, one of which is proposed by Amazon Web Services on about 500 acres of now-vacant farmland.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
But thousands of men were pouring into Redding to build the dam — a 602-foot concrete behemoth that irrigates millions of acres of Central Valley farmland — and they sure worked up an appetite.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
A simpler culture had already staked out the best farmland in the area.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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