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cropland

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as in farmland

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Recent Examples of cropland 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 Large cropland areas replace diverse habitats. — François Leroy, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026 Research from the World Resources Institute estimates that croplands accounted for nearly 5% of global net greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 10 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for cropland

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In the centuries that followed, the Mission went from Mexican farmland to immigrant stronghold as waves of working-class European families moved into the neighborhood following the Gold Rush in the mid-1800s.

— Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
Despite representing a relatively small share of the country’s total farmland, California leads the nation with specialty crops, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and dairy with its favorable growing conditions.

— Jonathan Destler, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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Bassist Randy Meisner was a Nebraska farm guy, raised in the shadow of prominent sandstone bluffs that guided dreamy Americans westward in the 19th century.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026
Across the region, homes, vehicles and farm tractors still lay partially buried in mud.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

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