agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture ˈa-gri-ˌkəl-chər 
: the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products
cleared the land to use it for agriculture
Examples of agriculture in a Sentence
They cleared the land to use it for agriculture. the forest was cut down, and the land given over to agriculture
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Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 26 Apr. 2026 Back safe at the White House, the president was flanked by Cabinet members who typically gather during business hours to discuss drier matters like tariffs or agriculture policy. —Zac Anderson, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 Dan Blaustein-Rejto is the director of food and agriculture at the Breakthrough Institute. —Dan Blaustein-Rejto, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2026 But the opportunity was thwarted when, in 2023, following pushback from some local residents, his township passed an ordinance that banned large solar projects from land zoned for agriculture. —Anna Clark, ProPublica, 24 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for agriculture
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agriculture
noun
ag·ri·cul·ture ˈag-ri-ˌkəl-chər
: the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock : farming
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